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

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   What is the difference between a commutation of sentence and a pardon? A commutation of sentence and pardon are different forms of executive clemency, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

3. Category : Recipients of American presidential clemency

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   The President of the United States has the authority to grant clemency and pardons to people convicted of criminal offenses, usually in the form of a commuted sentence. Also see: Category:Recipients of American presidential pardons. The difference between clemency and pardons is that a pardon means erasure of the crime the person was convicted ...

4. Federal pardons in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The pardon also included any potential federal crimes that Hunter Biden may have committed "from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024". This was a reversal of his previous promises that he would not use his clemency powers for his son. [74] In his statement, he said that Hunter had been "selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted." [74]

5. Blanket clemency - Wikipedia

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   Blanket clemency is clemency granted to multiple persons and can be in the form of a pardon, shortening of a prison sentence, or a commutation of a sentence, or a reprieve. Most states' governors and the President of the United States have the power to grant clemency; In other states, that power is committed to an appointed agency or board, or ...

6. Who did Biden pardon? Whose sentences did he commute ... - AOL

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   President Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting sentences for roughly 1,500 people and is pardoning 39 others in what the White House called the “largest single-day act of clemency in ...

7. Gavin Newsom grants clemency to dozens, including one ... - AOL

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   California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday granted clemency to dozens of people, in the form of 37 pardons and 18 commutations. According to the governor’s office, clemency “recognizes the grantee ...

8. 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.

9. LA County district attorney sends letters requesting clemency ...

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   Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón “strongly supports” Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid for clemency and has written letters on behalf of each brother to California Gov. Gavin Newsom ...