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1. • • In the military, clemency can be granted by various authorities, including the convening authority, who is typically a senior officer with the power to convene courts-martial. The forms of clemency in the military are similar to those in the civilian system—pardons, commutations, and reprieves—but the processes and authorities involved differ.
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   What is Clemency? Clemency is a broad term used to describe various forms of leniency or mercy granted by a governing authority, typically a president or governor, to a person convicted of a crime. The main forms of clemency include: Pardons; Commutations; Reprieves; Amnesties

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   What clemency forms are available?

   • Learn about our updated clemency forms. The Office of the Pardon Attorney assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency. Executive clemency may take several forms, including pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fine or restitution, and reprieve.

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   Can Congress restrict the President's clemency?

   • Reed, the Court recognized that an exercise of clemency may include “any condition which does not otherwise offend the Constitution,” 9 Congress generally cannot substantively constrain the President’s pardon authority through legislation, as the Court has held that the “power of the President is not subject to legislative control.

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   Does a pardon include Amnesty?

   • See Ex parte Wells, 59 U.S. 307, 309–10, 314 (1856) (indicating that the pardon power extends “to all kinds of pardons known in the law as such, whatever may be their denomination,” including not only “absolute pardon [s]” but also more limited forms of release, remission, and repreive); Klein, 80 U.S. at 147 ( “Pardon includes amnesty.” ).

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   When can a president pardon a criminal offence?

   • In the 1886 case Ex parte Garland, the Court referred to the President’s authority to pardon as “unlimited” except in cases of impeachment, extending to “every offence known to the law” and able to be exercised “either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.” 3

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   The Constitution establishes the President’s authority to grant clemency, encompassing not only pardons of individuals but several other forms of relief from criminal punishment as well. 1. The power, which has historical roots in early English law, 2. has been recognized by the Supreme Court as quite broad.

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   Jun 26, 2024 · The President’s June 26, 2024, proclamation grants a full, complete and unconditional pardon to individuals with court-martial convictions for violations of former Article 125 of the UCMJ based on...

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   4 days ago · The Office of the Pardon Attorney assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency. Executive clemency may take several forms, including pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fine or restitution, and reprieve.

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   The Constitution establishes the President’s authority to grant clemency, encompassing not only pardons of individuals but several other forms of relief from criminal punishment as well. 1. The power, which has historical roots in early English law, 2. has been recognized by the Supreme Court as quite broad.

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   ArtII.S2.C1.3.3 Pardon Power and Forms of Clemency Generally. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer ...

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   Article II, Section 2, Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he ...