The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency, including pardons, commutations of sentence, remission of fines or restitution, and reprieves. Applicants can check the status of a pending clemency case through the office's Search for a Case tool, and the office prefers contact by email with attachments in PDF format.
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