List of people pardoned by George H. W. Bush

The following is a list of the 75 pardons and 3 commutations by President George H. W. Bush. The list is organized by the date on which President George H. W. Bush granted the pardon or commutation.

This list is a subset of the list of people pardoned by a United States president.

Definitions

A pardon means an executive order vacating a conviction.

A commutation means a mitigation of the sentence of someone currently serving a sentence for a crime pursuant to a conviction, without vacating the conviction itself.

August 14, 1989

Pardoned

• Joe llen Deckert (1979 Misprision of felony (relating to illegal firearms sales))
• Donald Alvin Dibble III (1978 Illegal possession of firearm with obliterated serial number)
• Leo Friedman (1969 Mail embezzlement)
• Armand Hammer (1976 Making campaign contribution in name of another (misdemeanor))
• Charles Arnold Jacobs (1979 Submission of false income tax return)
• Mary Lou Peet (1978 Fraudulent transfer of property in contemplation of bankruptcy)
• Robert Gary Rice (1973 Submitting false statements to Federal Housing Administration)
• Billy Wayne Rodgers (1973 Transporting firearm in foreign commerce, Insubordination in violation of Article 91, Uniform Code of Military Justice)
• Raymond Joseph Shovelski (1974 Conspiracy to accept kickbacks on Government contracts)

Commutation

• Douglas Bruce Fenimore (1981 Receiving and concealing stolen property, interstate transportation of stolen property, and bank robbery)

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