--- title: "Executive Clemency" citation: "28 C.F.R. pt. 1" authority_id: "AUTH-CFR-28-PART-1-CLEMENCY" authority_type: "regulation" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "advisory_clemency_regulations" official_url: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-1" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CFR-28-PART-1-CLEMENCY/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Executive Clemency ## Holding or rule used Current advisory DOJ petition, investigation, disposition, effect-notification, and capital-clemency procedures, expressly creating no rights or presidential constraint. ## Material limitation Use only for the bounded proposition in the linked modules. The exact judgment, jurisdiction, circuit, custody, other remedies, current agency instructions, requested relief, grant terms, and independent law remain separate where identified. ## Official source and pinpoints 28 C.F.R. pt. 1, 28 C.F.R. §§ 1.1–1.11: ## Used in - [Executive Clemency — Pardon, Commutation, Reprieve, and Remission](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/60-post-conviction/executive-clemency-pardon-and-commutation.md)