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FOIA Contact:
Brenda McElroy
Office of the Pardon Attorney
Please be aware that the email address of PardonAttorneyFOIA@usdoj.gov is
provided so that requests under the
"Freedom of Information Act" ("FOIA") can be electronically
submitted to the Office of the Pardon Attorney. When sending
an email, please provide your full name and mailing address.
ANY EMAIL THAT IS NOT A "FOIA" REQUEST WILL BE DELETED
WITHOUT A RESPONSE.
If you want to request information or clemency
applications, support a clemency applicant, or request
the status of a pending clemency application, please
write to the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
Our address is: Office of the Pardon Attorney,
1425 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 11000, Washington, DC
20530.
Conventional Reading Room:
United States Department of Justice
Office of the Pardon Attorney
Electronic Reading Room:
This includes records, opinions, policy statements,
and staff manuals/instructions to staff, and other information
frequently requested of the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
Component Description:
The Office of the Pardon Attorney receives and reviews
petitions for all forms of executive clemency, including pardon,
commutation (reduction) of sentence, remission of fine or restitution,
and reprieve. It also initiates the necessary investigations
of clemency requests, and prepares the report and recommendation
of the Attorney General, or his designee, to the President on
clemency requests. This office maintains a clemency case file
for each individual who has applied for or been granted clemency.
The office also acts as liaison with the public for correspondence
and informational inquiries about the clemency process or particular
clemency issues, and maintains correspondence files relating
to such inquiries. The office is also the repository of historical
records pertaining to the granting of clemency, and maintains
copies of the warrants and proclamations of clemency granted
by the President. It also maintains records relating to the
administration of the office.
DOJ Reference Guide:
A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook
for obtaining information from the Department.
Special information required to make a FOIA request:
For clemency files, the full name of the person who
applied for or was granted clemency. For miscellaneous correspondence
files, the full name of the author of the letter and full name
of the person on whose behalf the letter was written (if different).
For FOIA files, the full name of the person who made the FOIA
request.
Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is
not required:
Publicly available information: Executive clemency statistics
from the administration of President McKinley to the present;
rules governing the Pardon Attorney and petitions
for executive clemency published at 28 C.F.R. §§ 0.35-36
and § 1.1 et seq.; forms for applying for executive
clemency; copies of clemency warrants and proclamations for
persons who have been granted executive clemency; description
of clemency procedures contained in United States Attorney's
Manual at § 1-2.110 et seq.; whether a specific individual
has applied for executive clemency and action on such application.
Major Information Systems
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