28 CFR § 1.2 Executive Clemency

§ 1.2 Eligibility for filing petition for pardon.

Current through Sep 21, 2026 · Read all of Part 1

No petition for pardon should be filed until the expiration of a waiting period of at least five years after the date of the release of the petitioner from confinement or, in case no prison sentence was imposed, until the expiration of a period of at least five years after the date of the conviction of the petitioner. Generally, no petition should be submitted by a person who is on probation, parole, or supervised release.

← § 1.1 Submission of petition; form to be used; contents of petition.§ 1.3 Eligibility for filing petition for commutation of sentence. →