For instance, the delay period for a pardon application disregards any remission earned.

Many pardon applications had been rejected in the past - as a matter of policy - because the intended recipients were deceased.

Currently, the Justice Department, if given a name, will confirm that a pardon application is pending.

The pardon application never reaches the president's desk, keeping the Bartlet character safely idealized.

Lawyers who have handled pardon applications say the process requires legal arguments and documents like those used in a typical court case.

Mrs. Clinton said last night that her brother had not spoken with her about the pardon applications.

On 31 August 2011, he refused to file a pardon application.

Other pardon applications are pending before the Georgia board.

The pardon application had been given preliminary approval last week by the Ulyanovsk pardons commission.

Later, Henderson stated in his pardon application that he had been recommended for promotion to brigadier general but had never received a commission.