Mullings

A more frequent publishing of Rich Galen's take on politics, culture and general modern annoyances. This is in addition to MULLINGS which is published Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at www.mullings.com

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Dear Mr. Mullings - Pardon

Dear Mr. Mullings:

You mentioned on the mullblog recently that "a pardon does not expunge the record of the conviction."

What I've always been curious about is this: If I get pardoned for a speeding ticket, does my insurance cost still go up? Can't I get pardoned before my trial date and get off completely?
-Ryan in San Mateo, CA


Assuming your speeding ticket qualifies as a federal offense you should immediately, while the President is in a commutation state-of-mine, call the White House and tell them what you want.

Rich

1 Comments:

Patrick said...

I found this little tidbit at the following site:

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pardons0a.htm

How many pardons did President Clinton give during his two terms?

In total, President Clinton issued 456 executive clemency orders - 395 pardons and 61 commutations - between 1993 and January 20, 2001. The vast majority were issued in the last three years of his presidency - 176 (140 pardons, 36 commutations) were issued on his last day in office.

July 3, 2007 12:36 PM  

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