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All federal pardon petitions are addressed to the president, who grants or denies the request. Typically, applications for pardons are referred for review and non-binding recommendation by the Office of the Pardon Attorney, an official of the United States Department of Justice. The number of pardons and reprieves granted has varied from ...
Here are the 39 people who received pardons, with names, ages and locations provided in a White House press release: ... 49, of Alexandria, Virginia. Rosetta Jean Davis, 60, of Colville ...
The plenary power to grant a pardon or a reprieve is granted to the president by Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution; the only limits mentioned in the Constitution are that pardons are limited to federal offenses, and that they cannot affect an impeachment process: "The president shall ... have power to grant reprieves and ...
The White House described one pardon recipient as a 49-year-old Virginia resident who was convicted of a drug offence at age 21. ... Trump has pledged to issue pardons on his first day in office ...
Wyndham Robertson (January 26, 1803 – February 11, 1888) was the Acting Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1836 to 1837. He also twice served multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, the second series representing Richmond during the American Civil War.
The Virginia State Bar revoked a Staunton attorney's license after he charged clients exorbitant fees for motions previously rejected by the courts. ... But court files show a pardon application ...
The father of a teenage sexual assault victim who was convicted of disorderly conduct after angrily confronting school officials has been pardoned by Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin.. Scott Smith ...
In November 2016 the Virginia Attorney General instructed the Norfolk Police to videotape all interrogations and confessions in cases relating to homicides. [1] On March 21, 2017, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe granted absolute pardons to the Norfolk Four. These cleared their names and removed them from the sex offender and felon registers.