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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 ...
People who received an official pardon from a governor of a state of the United States, or from a body that acts on behalf of the executive branch in granting pardons, such as a state parole board. Pages in category "Recipients of American gubernatorial pardons"
This list is intended to be exhaustive of federal and state-level parole and pardon agencies. It does not include local state agencies, nor governor's offices where the pardon function is not in a separate agency. In some cases the pardoning and paroling function are not within the same agency.
The governor is the head of the executive branch of Illinois's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Illinois Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. [2]
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 ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul are criticizing President Donald Trump for pardoning Jan. 6 defendants. Senate Judiciary Democrats ...
President Eisenhower began the practice of granting pardons by the batch, through the device of a 'master warrant' listing all of the names of those pardoned, which also delegated to the Attorney General (or, later, the Deputy Attorney General or Pardon Attorney) authority to sign individual warrants evidencing the president's action." [27]
The prerogative of mercy is a broad discretionary power that may be exercised by a state governor who is acting on the advice of the state executive council and the state attorney general. [10] Courts in Australia may also exercise their traditional power to exercise mercy when the circumstances of the defendant or offense warrant relief. [11]