Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent federal drug-related offense.

President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals, and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia ...

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott was pardoned Sunday by President Joe Biden for a felony drug conviction Scott received in 1994 while he was a law school student.

Mr. Biden's pardons in recent days come after the president made the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history in December by commuting the sentences of around 1,500 people and pardoning ...

On the Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative holiday, we received undeniable evidence that all pardons are not created equal. Richmond native Kemba Smith Pradia and Don Scott, a Portsmouth Democrat ...

Hawthorn legend Don Scott was trying to do a good deed mowing a friend’s lawn in Portsea but it backfired when his ute rolled through their fence. Scott and former Tigers coach Tony Jewell went ...