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Pardons can reinstate some civic rights including the right to own a firearm or serve on a jury. In California, pardons have helped people avoid deportation and provided housing and job ...
Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles; Alaska Department of Corrections Parole Board [5] Arizona board abolished as of 1994, duties transferred to the Community Corrections Division of the Arizona Department of Corrections; Arkansas Parole Board [6] Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles [7] Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California issued five pardons for people who served in the ... was sentenced to three years of probation and 69 days in jail for the transport or sale of a controlled ...
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Federal pardons issued by the president apply only to federal offenses; they do not apply to state or local offenses or to private civil lawsuits. [40] Pardons for state crimes are handled by governors or a state pardon board. [1] The president's power to grant pardons explicitly does not apply "in cases of impeachment." This means that the ...
California has several post-conviction remedies that are sometimes called expungement. [11] For misdemeanor and felony crimes (not involving a sentence in state prison), a petition for expungement is filed in the court of conviction, seeking to have the conviction dismissed pursuant to Penal Code section 1203.4.
In some circumstances, a pardon will eliminate the legal basis for removal or deportation from the U.S., the DOJ notes. Who can apply for a commutation of sentence or pardon?
Since 1853, the responsibility of advising the president on pardon petitions has been assigned to the attorney general. Over time, various offices have supported this role in managing the clemency process, including the Office of the Pardon Clerk (1865–1870), the Office of the Attorney in Charge of Pardons (1891–1894).