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Clemency

Clemency contains commutations and pardons. A commutation is a discount in an individual’s sentence. A pardon forgives an individual for the crime they dedicated. A regulation handed in 2019 ensures that those that obtain pardons have their convictions erased from the document.

The governor has broad clemency energy and should use it for any crime however treason.

Gov. Kate Brown took workplace in 2015. She granted 1,144 commutations and 60 pardons by way of February 2022, in line with her workplace.

The next knowledge comes from the governor’s annual report back to the Oregon Legislature on her clemency actions and the governor’s workplace.

July 1, 2015, by way of March 2, 2016

Commutations: 0

Pardons: 0

March 3, 2016, by way of June 6, 2017

Commutations: 0

Pardons: 4

Pardons issued concerned selling prostitution, drug crimes and a driving offense. Two of those that sought pardons had gone a long time with out committing new crimes; one was a veteran.

June 6, 2017, by way of March 3, 2018

Commutations: 1

Pardons: 1

The commutation issued concerned a juvenile offender convicted of first-degree theft. He would have been transferred to grownup jail at age 25; pardon granted to a person who lived crime-free after theft conviction.

March 3, 2018, by way of June 27, 2019

Commutations: 3

Pardons: 6

Commutations included three juvenile offenders with convictions for assault, tried aggravated homicide, arson, manslaughter and theft.

Pardons included property and drug offenses and an tried theft conviction.

June 29, 2019, by way of March 9, 2020

Commutations: 2

Pardons: 14

Commutations issued concerned a juvenile offender convicted of manslaughter who was scheduled to be transferred to the grownup jail system to finish his sentence and a girl convicted of theft and homicide who Brown commuted after 22 years, three years shy of when she would have been eligible to pursue parole.

Pardons issued concerned drug and property crime convictions, an assault conviction and negligent murder conviction.

March 9, 2020, by way of June 25, 2021

Commutations: 985

Pardons: 33

This era included 912 commutations associated to the pandemic and 41 to individuals who helped struggle wildfires in 2020.

Pardons have been granted to a person convicted of sexual abuse after the witness “fully and legitimately recanted,” convictions for selling prostitution, medicine, driving whereas intoxicated, assault, negligent murder and eluding a police officer, amongst different offenses.

Included on this group of commutations have been seven individuals who obtained conditional releases to participate in a Lane County program for high-risk repeat property offenders.

Amongst those that obtained commutations have been two individuals convicted of manslaughter and 9 individuals serving life sentences for homicide or aggravated homicide; 5 of the homicide convicts have been ladies.

*Brown has not but submitted her clemency report back to the Legislature this 12 months. That report will embrace her clemency actions since June, 26, 2021.