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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 ...
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 ...
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
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).
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A smattering of controversial pardons has become common near the end of a term. Bill Clinton pardoned fugitive financier Marc Rich , whose ex-wife Denise had given $200,000 to the Democratic Party ...
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in "the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history," the White House announced Thursday ...
Indiana Code 35-38-9-2 through 35-38-9-6 allows for the expungement of misdemeanors, and non-violent felonies. Most crimes of a sexual nature are excluded from the law but each section has other specific exclusions, and anyone determined to be a Sex or Violent offender (as defined by IC 11-8-8-5) is also ineligible.