Yes, there are actually ways to get the commission of a crime forgiven, plus the penalty resulting from it. The process is called a pardon.<\/p>\n
In many states, the governor of a state or the President usually grants a pardon for a crime and the forgiveness of the punishment for it. In some cases pardons go along with clemency, but this is not always the case, and they are different. “Clemency (a.k.a. reprieve) only reduces the punishment for the crime; it does not forgive the actual crime,” explained Jeremiah Denslow of Denslow Law, Dayton, Ohio.<\/p>\n
There are circumstances where someone has been wrongfully convicted of a crime and is offered a pardon. Interestingly enough, most people will not take the pardon for fear of being considered guilty. Their first choice is to do the appeals route and have their sentence overturned.<\/p>\n
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