Callender was fined $200 and received the longest jail term of the journalists prosecuted under the Sedition Act. He was released on the last day of the Adams administration, in March 1801. After his release, Callender and the others who had been prosecuted were pardoned by the new president, Thomas Jefferson.
Callender was fined $200 and received the longest prison sentence among journalists charged under the Sedition Act, which was then followed by his release on the last day of President Adams' term in March 1801.  President Jefferson later pardoned Callender and those who had been prosecuted.