List of People Pardoned or Granted Clemency By The President of The United States - Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Democratic President William J. Clinton pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 459 people during his term. Among them are:

• Roger Clinton, Jr. – brother of Bill Clinton. After serving a year in federal prison for cocaine possession.
• Almon Glenn Braswell – convicted of mail fraud and perjury; pardoned
• Patty Hearst – Bank robbery. Prison term commuted by Jimmy Carter. She was released from prison in 1979. She was fully pardoned by Clinton in 2001.
• Marc Rich, Pincus Green – business partners; indicted by U.S. Attorney on charges of tax evasion and illegal trading with Iran. Pardoned at the request of 3 Republicans including Lewis Libby.
• Dan Rostenkowski – Democrat from Illinois. Served his entire sentence, then pardoned.
• Fife Symington III – Republican Governor of Arizona convicted of bank fraud; pardoned.
• Susan McDougal – partners with Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the failed Whitewater deal. Guilty of contempt of court, she served her entire sentence and was then pardoned.
• Henry Cisneros – Clinton's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count for lying to the FBI, and was fined $10,000.
• Edward Downe, Jr. – wire fraud, filing false income tax returns, and securities fraud; pardoned
• Elizam Escobar – seditious conspiracy; pardoned
• Samuel Loring Morison – espionage and theft of government property; pardoned
• Mel Reynolds – Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.
• Henry O. Flipper – The first black West Point cadet was found guilty of "conduct unbecoming an officer" in 1882.
• John Deutch – Director of Central Intelligence, former Provost and University Professor, MIT
• Rick Hendrick – NASCAR Team Owner & Champion; convicted of mail fraud; pardoned
• FALN – commuted the sentences of 16 members of FALN, a violent Puerto Rican terrorist group that set off 120 bombs in the United States, mostly in New York City and Chicago. The 16 were convicted of conspiracy and sedition and sentenced with terms ranging from 35 to 105 years in prison.