{"id":369,"date":"2007-03-08T12:52:37","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T19:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=369"},"modified":"2007-03-08T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T19:54:13","slug":"standards-for-considering-pardon-petitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"Standards for Considering Pardon Petitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is just for reference<\/a> and not a concession that the current residents of the White House have any standards:<\/p>\n

“In general, a pardon is granted on the basis of the petitioner’s demonstrated good conduct for a substantial period of time after conviction and service of sentence. The Department’s regulations require a petitioner to wait a period of at least five years<\/strong> after conviction or release from confinement (whichever is later) before filing a pardon application (28 C.F.R. \u00c2\u00a7 1.2). In determining whether a particular petitioner should be recommended for a pardon, the following are the principal factors taken into account.”<\/p>\n

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  1. Post-conviction conduct, character, and reputation.<\/li>\n
  2. Seriousness and relative recentness of the offense.<\/li>\n
  3. Acceptance of responsibility, remorse, and atonement.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Need for relief.<\/li>\n
  5. Official recommendations and reports.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course, the President can decline to take these factors into account and grant a pardon for any reason he chooses. Including to insure the loyalty and continued silence of a former staffer who knows where the bodies are buried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is just for reference and not a concession that the current residents of the White House have any standards: “In general, a pardon is granted on the basis of the petitioner’s demonstrated good conduct for a substantial period of time after conviction and service of sentence. The Department’s regulations require a petitioner to wait […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-5X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68438,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68438","url_meta":{"origin":369,"position":0},"title":"Has Trump Already Pardoned the DC Pipe Bomber? 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