List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States" in English language version.

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Madhani, Aamer (April 26, 2022). "Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

archive.org

Hall, John W. (2009). Uncommon Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War. Harvard University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-674-03518-8.
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archive.today

Wilkie, Christina (October 6, 2022). "Biden pardons thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession, orders review of federal pot laws". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
Watson, Kathryn (December 30, 2022). "Biden announces year-end pardons". CBS News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

archives.gov

"Proclamation 2762--Granting pardon to certain persons convicted of violating the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as amended". National Archives. Office of the Federal Register (OFR). August 15, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2022.

trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov

"Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Clemency for Dwight and Steven Hammond". whitehouse.gov. July 10, 2018 – via National Archives.

bloomberg.com

"Trump to Pardon Pundit Dinesh D'Souza for Campaign Finance Violation". Bloomberg. May 31, 2018.
"Trump Commutes Sentence of Drug Offender Championed by Kardashian". Bloomberg. June 6, 2018.

books.google.com

Ingersoll, Charles Jared (1852). History of the second war between the United States of America and Great Britain: declared by act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and concluded by peace, the 15th of February, 1815. Vol. 2. Lippincott, Grambo & Co. pp. 82–83.

cbsnews.com

Watson, Kathryn (December 30, 2022). "Biden announces year-end pardons". CBS News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

chron.com

"Obama commutes death sentence for ex-soldier from Texas". Houston Chronicle. January 17, 2017.

cnbc.com

Calia, Mike; Pramuk, Jacob (April 13, 2018). "President Trump pardons former Cheney chief of staff Scooter Libby". CNBC.
Wilkie, Christina (October 6, 2022). "Biden pardons thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession, orders review of federal pot laws". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

cnn.com

Trex, Ethan. "11 notable presidential pardons". CNN. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
Liptak, Kevin (April 13, 2018). "Trump pardons ex-Cheney aide Scooter Libby". CNN.
"Trump posthumously pardons heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson". CNN. May 24, 2018.
Diamond, Jeremy; Collins, Kaitlan (June 6, 2018). "Trump commutes sentence of Alice Marie Johnson". CNN. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
Sullivan, Kate (May 7, 2019). "Trump pardons former Army soldier sentenced for killing Iraqi prisoner". CNN. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019.
Polantz, Katelyn (June 5, 2018). "Alex van der Zwaan, only person to serve time in Mueller investigation, deported". CNN. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

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Trex, Ethan (January 5, 2009). "11 notable presidential pardons". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
Malloy, Allie (December 20, 2016). "Obama grants clemency to 231 individuals, largest single day act". CNN. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

dailynews.com

"Ex-Glendale Assemblyman Pat Nolan pardoned by President Trump for racketeering conviction". Los Angeles Daily News. May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019.

efectococuyo.com

Mozo Zambrano, Reynaldo (December 22, 2023). "Estas son las condiciones para que indultaran a Alex Saab". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2023.

espn.com

"Willie McCovey pardoned by President Barack Obama". ESPN. January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.

federalpresidentialpardon.com

"Federal Presidential Pardon". Levin & Zeiger LLP. April 25, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

forbes.com

Ingram Chronicles, Forbes, June 9, 1999

fordham.edu

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Love, Margaret Colgate (2000). "Of Pardons, Politics and Collar Buttons: Reflections on the President's Duty to be Merciful". Fordham Urban Law Journal. 27 (5): 1491. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

foxnews.com

"Trump pardons Zay Jeffries, World War II scientist who helped develop tank-piercing artillery". Fox News. October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
"Trump grants clemency to 2 Army officers accused of war crimes, restores rank to Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher". Fox News. November 15, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
Wulfsohn, Joseph (August 18, 2020). "NY Times, NowThis accused of trying to 'cancel' Susan B. Anthony, Dems blast Trump pardon". Fox News. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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United States Attorney General. "Annual Report of the United States Attorney General for 1915".

heritage.org

Pfiffner, James. "Essays on Article II:Pardon Power". The Heritage Guide to The Constitution. Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved June 3, 2018.

history.com

"President Lincoln pardons his sister-in-law". History.com. A&E Television Networks. November 13, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2023. "Author History.com Editors"

historynet.com

"Abraham Lincoln: Deciding the Fate of 300 Indians Convicted of War Crimes in Minnesota's Great Sioux Uprising". historynet.com. June 12, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

howstuffworks.com

Clark, Josh (August 9, 2007). "How Presidential Pardons Work". howstuffworks.com. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

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"The Bulletin 15 May 1920 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".

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United States Supreme Court. "Burdick v. United States 236 U.S. 79 (1915)". justia.com.

justice.gov

"Presidential Clemency Statistics: 1900 to Present". US Department of Justice – Office of the Pardon Attorney. October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
"Commutations granted by President Gerald Ford (1974–77)". Justice.gov. January 8, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
"Statement of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton Following Today's Oral Argument Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Re: United States of America V. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean" (PDF) (Press release). U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas. December 3, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
"Grant of Clemency". www.justice.gov. 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
"Grant of clemency". www.justice.gov. 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
"Grant of clemency". www.justice.gov. 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
"Pardon". www.justice.gov. 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
"Office of the Pardon Attorney | Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present)". United States Department of Justice. January 22, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

kirkusreviews.com

"A CODE TO KEEP: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian Prisoner of War in Vietnam by Ernest C. Brace". Kirkus Reviews. February 23, 1988. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

nj.com

Rose, Lisa (November 30, 2008). "Talent and friends get singer John Forte out of jail". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved August 28, 2012.

npr.org

Ulaby, Neda (August 20, 2020). "Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects President Trump's Pardon Of The Suffragist". NPR. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020.

nytimes.com

"Texts of Documents on the Pardon". The New York Times. January 22, 1977. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
Stout, David; Lichtblau, Eric (December 24, 2008). "Pardon Lasts One Day for Man in Fraud Case". The New York Times.
Savage, Charlie (December 20, 2017). "Obama Pardons James Cartwright, General Who Lied to F.B.I. in Leak Case". The New York Times.
Savage, Charlie (January 17, 2017). "Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
Nir, Sarah Maslin (December 20, 2017). "On Obama's Pardon List: A Hotel Magnate Who Owned Studio 54". The New York Times.
Hirschfeld, Julie; Haberman, Maggie (August 25, 2017). "Trump Pardons Joe Arpaio, Who Became Face of Crackdown on Illegal Immigration". The New York Times.
"Trump Pardons Scooter Libby in a Case That Mirrors His Own". The New York Times. April 13, 2018.
"Trump Pardons Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Boxing Champion". The New York Times. May 24, 2018.
"Dinesh D'Souza, Pardoned by Trump, Claims Victory Over Obama Administration". The New York Times. June 1, 2018.
"Trump Clears Three Service Members in War Crimes Cases", New York Times, Helene Cooper and Dave Phillips, November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
Rogers, Katie; Taylor, Derrick Bryson; Murphy, Heather (July 11, 2020). "Trump Adds Roger Stone to His List of Pardons and Commutations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
Haberman, Maggie (December 24, 2020). "Trump Gives Clemency to More Allies, Including Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
Coscarelli, Joe (November 13, 2019). "Kodak Black Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
Coscarelli, Joe (January 20, 2021). "Lil Wayne and Kodak Black Among 4 Hip-Hop Figures Trump Pardoned". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

archive.nytimes.com

Soodalter, Ron (December 15, 2013). "All in the Family". Opinionator. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

pew.org

"Governors Split on Biden's Call to Pardon Low-Level Pot Offenders". pew.org. October 28, 2022. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

pilotonline.com

Colvin, Jill (May 25, 2018). "'It's about time': Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson". The Virginian-Pilot. AP. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

politico.com

Cheney, Kyle; Gerstein, Josh (November 25, 2020). "Trump pardons former national security adviser Flynn". POLITICO. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

raabcollection.com

"Sold – Only Known Presidential Pardon of a Black Person For Underground Railroad Activities". Raab Collection. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

reuters.com

Beech, Eric (May 15, 2019). "Trump pardons ex-media mogul Conrad Black". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 19, 2019.
Mason, Jeff (February 18, 2020). "Trump commutes Blagojevich sentence, pardons junk bond king Milken". Reuters. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Pamuk, Humeyra; Spetalnick, Matt (October 1, 2022). "Venezuela frees seven jailed Americans in swap for two Maduro relatives". Reuters. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

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Ruckman, P. S. Jr. (November 4, 1995). "Federal Executive Clemency in United States". Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.

shapell.org

"President James Buchanan, on His Next to Last Day in Office, Pardons a Judge". Shapell Manuscript Collection. SMF.
"Abraham Lincoln Exercises Clemency". Shapell Manuscript Collection. SMF.

stripes.com

Olson, Wyatt (March 9, 2018). "Trump pardons sailor convicted of photographing sub's nuclear propulsion system". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

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"Trump commutes life sentence for drug offender backed by Kim Kardashian West". Chicago Sun-Times. June 6, 2018.

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Hughes, Deborah L. (August 18, 2020). "On News of a Presidential Pardon for Susan B. Anthony on August 18, 2020". SusanB.org. The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020.

theguardian.com

Levin, Sam (January 17, 2017). "Obama commutes sentence for political prisoner Oscar López Rivera". The Guardian. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

thehill.com

"Trump grants clemency to woman after Kim Kardashian pressed her case". The Hill. June 6, 2018.
Chalfant, Morgan (December 22, 2020). "Trump pardons individuals charged in Russia probe, ex-GOP lawmakers". The Hill. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

theodore-roosevelt.com

More are listed at the Presidential pardons page at Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt.

theyeshivaworld.com

"Breaking News: Sholom Rubashkin Has Been Freed From Prison". The Yeshiva World. December 20, 2017.

ucsb.edu

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Johnson, Andrew. (December 25, 1868). Proclamation 179 – Granting Full Pardon and Amnesty for the Offense of Treason Against the United States During the Late Civil War. presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
Harrison, Benjamin (January 4, 1893). "Proclamation 346 – Granting Amnesty and Pardon for the Offense of Engaging in Polygamous or Plural Marriage to Members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints". presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved August 27, 2012.

usconstitution.net

"Constitutional Topic: Presidential Pardons". usconstitution.net. Retrieved February 4, 2017.

voanews.com

"US Puts Conditions on Clemencies for 3 Iranians Staying in US After Prisoner Swap". Voice of America. September 20, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

washingtonpost.com

Rudin, Ken (January 26, 2001). "I Beg Your Pardon". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
"Boxer Jack Johnson is posthumously pardoned by President Trump". The Washington Post. May 24, 2018.
"Trump pardons conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, suggests others also could receive clemency". The Washington Post. May 31, 2018.
"Trump has commuted the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a woman whose case was championed by Kim Kardashian". The Washington Post. June 6, 2018.
Schmidt, Samantha (August 18, 2020). "Susan B. Anthony: Trump pardons suffragist arrested for voting before 19th Amendment". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Hsu, Spencer (December 23, 2020). "In Mueller probe, son-in-law of Russian businessman pleads guilty to false statements". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

web.archive.org

Ruckman, P. S. Jr. (November 4, 1995). "Federal Executive Clemency in United States". Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
"Statement of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton Following Today's Oral Argument Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Re: United States of America V. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean" (PDF) (Press release). U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas. December 3, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
Colvin, Jill (May 25, 2018). "'It's about time': Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson". The Virginian-Pilot. AP. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
Sullivan, Kate (May 7, 2019). "Trump pardons former Army soldier sentenced for killing Iraqi prisoner". CNN. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019.
Beech, Eric (May 15, 2019). "Trump pardons ex-media mogul Conrad Black". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 19, 2019.
"Ex-Glendale Assemblyman Pat Nolan pardoned by President Trump for racketeering conviction". Los Angeles Daily News. May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019.
Ulaby, Neda (August 20, 2020). "Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects President Trump's Pardon Of The Suffragist". NPR. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020.
Hughes, Deborah L. (August 18, 2020). "On News of a Presidential Pardon for Susan B. Anthony on August 18, 2020". SusanB.org. The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020.
Madhani, Aamer (April 26, 2022). "Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
"Governors Split on Biden's Call to Pardon Low-Level Pot Offenders". pew.org. October 28, 2022. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

whitehouse.gov

"Statement from President Biden on Marijuana Reform", White House, October 6, 2022, retrieved October 6, 2022

worldcat.org

Rogers, Katie; Taylor, Derrick Bryson; Murphy, Heather (July 11, 2020). "Trump Adds Roger Stone to His List of Pardons and Commutations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
Coscarelli, Joe (November 13, 2019). "Kodak Black Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
Coscarelli, Joe (January 20, 2021). "Lil Wayne and Kodak Black Among 4 Hip-Hop Figures Trump Pardoned". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2021.