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  2. Federal pardons in the United States - Wikipedia

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    President Gerald R. Ford's broad federal pardon of former president Richard M. Nixon in 1974 for "all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974" is a notable example of a fixed-period federal pardon that came ...

  3. List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president ...

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    Pardons granted by presidents from George Washington until Grover Cleveland's first term (1885–89) were handwritten by the president; thereafter, pardons were prepared for the president by administrative staff requiring only that the president sign it. [3] The records of these presidential acts were openly available for public inspection ...

  4. What is a presidential pardon? How is it different than a ...

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    What is a presidential pardon and a commutation of sentence? Here's what to know. Biden announces commutations, pardons: President Joe Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people.

  5. Who did President Biden pardon? See the full list of names ...

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    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.

  6. Office of the Pardon Attorney - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. A presidential pardon: Is it equal justice for all or just a ...

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    Well, for more than 130 years, the office of Pardon attorney has investigated requests for pardons and advised the president, but the office emphatically points out that the president is the one ...

  8. Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 ... - AOL

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    US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, including several convicted of multi ...

  9. List of people pardoned by George H. W. Bush - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the 75 pardons and 3 commutations by President George H. W. Bush. The list is organized by the date on which President George H. W. Bush granted the pardon or commutation. This list is a subset of the list of people pardoned by a United States president.