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  2. 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.

  3. Federal pardons in the United States - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. What are presidential pardons and who are the 1,600 people ...

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    In December, Biden also issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others. He also commuted the sentences of 37 federal ...

  5. Pardon - Wikipedia

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    A pardon "only grants the remission or the commutation of the sentence; it does not remove the condition of having been condemned". The pardon may be either general, when it is granted to all those covered by a specific law passed by qualified quorum in National Congress , or particular, when it is granted by Supreme Decree of the president of ...

  6. FACT CHECK: Did Biden Pardon 8,000 People To Cover Up ... - AOL

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    A pardon is a form of clemency that removes all legal consequences of a criminal conviction and commutation reduces a sentence without expunging the conviction, according to USA Today. The outlet ...

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

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    Federalist president John Adams pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 20 people. [3] Among them are: David Bradford, for his role in the Whiskey Rebellion; John Fries, for his role in Fries's Rebellion; convicted of treason due to opposition to a tax; Fries and others were pardoned, and a general amnesty was issued for everyone involved in 1800.

  8. Biden didn't commute the sentences of death row inmates ... - AOL

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    Commutation vs. pardon. Biden’s commutations of federal death row inmates in no way exonerate those convicted of murder, but the action does spare them being executed. Unlike pardons, which ...

  9. Commutation (law) - Wikipedia

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    In law, a commutation is the substitution of a lesser penalty for that given after a conviction for a crime. The penalty can be lessened in severity, in duration, or both. Unlike most pardons by government and overturning by the court (a full overturning is equal to an acquittal), a commutation does not affect the status of a defendant's underlying criminal convicti