List of People Pardoned or Granted Clemency By The President of The United States - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Democratic President Roosevelt granted 3,687 pardons in his four terms in office. Among them are:

  • George R. Dale – convicted of violating Prohibition laws; pardoned after the repeal of Prohibition
  • Roy Olmstead – convicted for violating the National Prohibition Act; appealed, arguing that the wiretapping evidence used against him constituted a violation of his constitutional rights to privacy and against self-incrimination; U.S. Supreme Court upheld the conviction in the landmark case of Olmstead v. United States; pardoned
  • Duncan Renaldo – arrested for illegal entry into the US; pardoned

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