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:
Office of the Pardon Attorney
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