Executive Clemency by Pardon: A Guide to Pardon Success - Paperback

by Simone R. Richardson (Author)

EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY BY PARDON: A GUIDE TO PARDON SUCCESS provides advice from state pardon boards and governors to help pardon applicants understand the criteria necessary for pardon consideration. In addition, the resource includes examples of actual state pardon applications granted versus actual state pardon applications denied so readers may discover the characteristics of pardon attainment.

EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY BY PARDON includes tips and resources to help applicants achieve what pardon officials look for in a pardon application: exemplary conduct. The guide discusses the exemplary conduct of finding employment, volunteering for an organization that helps others, creating a volunteer project, and pursuing an education and career. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY BY PARDON also includes examples of how to write the "evidence of exemplary conduct," which is a request found in almost all pardon applications. To help readers get started in the pardon process, state-by-state pardon contact and eligibility information is provided.