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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).
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 ...
The pool of potential pardon candidates could be small and apply only to elderly LGTBQ people; California repealed a law that made consensual gay sex a crime in 1975. But activists say the program ...
In the waning hours of his first administration, Donald Trump enacted one of his final executive orders on January 20, 2021 and granted clemency to 143 individuals, including former aide Steve ...
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 ...
The California Western Innocence and Justice Clinic (IJC) (formerly known as California Innocence Project) is a non-profit based at California Western School of Law (CWSL) in San Diego, California, United States, that provides pro bono representation to individuals who are wrongfully convicted with a goal of securing their release from prison.
Biden announces commutations, pardons: President Joe Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people A commutation of sentence and pardon are different forms of executive clemency ...