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The office receives and reviews clemency correspondences, [2] and investigates applications along with the files sent with them to make more valid the petitioner's plea for pardoning. [2] It then prepares a recommendation for each application, and sends it to the president for his final decision as to whether or not to grant a pardon. [2]
[4] Ultimately, of the 237 grants of clemency by Trump, only 25 came through the Office of the Pardon Attorney's process (which at the end of Trump's presidency had a backlog of 14,000 applications); the other clemency recipients came to Trump's attention through an ad hoc process at the Trump White House that benefited clemency applicants with ...
The Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews applications for clemency but serves only an advisory role; the president may disregard the findings or bypass the office altogether. [6] The president's pardon power extends to offenses committed in the District of Columbia. [United States v. Perkins (1885).]
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Makes the program permanent: The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program was a pilot program and was set to expire in 2020. The Bill repeals the current 2020 sunset date, removes its ...
The application process for compassionate release can be difficult to achieve on time, which is one of the reasons that very few applications are received. [22] Other reasons include the likelihood of a prisoner dying in prison before an application is approved, and an absence of reasonable and available support from family if a prisoner is ...
Michael Lightfoot walked out of prison in downstate Danville, took in the view of trees and cars, then hugged his niece. The 67-year-old spent much of his later adult life incarcerated after a ...
On January 20, 2025, Biden pardoned former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, former Chief Medical Advisor to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci, Members of Congress and staff who served on the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who ...