Hello Pardon Protections

EXPUNGEMENT & PARDONS ACT

ARTICLE I: EXPUNGEMENT

Section 1. Any person or person(s) with a criminal record, including infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies, may petition to have any part, or the entirety, of their record expunged.

Section 2. Their petitions shall be submitted to, and may be heard by, the Supreme Court.

1. The court may create their own procedures, rules, and expectations for Expungement Hearings.
2. The court is encouraged to consider factors such as the petitioner's character, growth since the incident, emotional and material impacts, and whether the expungement would serve the public’s best interest.
3. The court may require evidence or redemptive acts to prove the petitioner's character as long as said acts are not cruel, self-enriching, or degrading to the overall humanity of the petitioner.

Section 3. Petitions for expungement may only be filed once the sentence or punishment has been fulfilled.

        ARTICLE II: PARDONS

Section 1. The President shall be empowered with the power of pardons.

1. Pardon being an official forgiveness for a past crime, fully releasing an individual from its legal consequences, including the any punishment and restrictions.

Section 2. The President may pardon any individual found guilty including those suspected of a crime, charged with a crime, or found guilty of a crime.

1. The President may not pardon themselves.
2. The President may not exchange pardons for monetary or political gain or favors; such an occurrence may be categorized as a felony for both parties by the Supreme Court.
3. Accepting a pardon constitutes the acceptance of guilt regarding the specific crime.
4. The President may issue no more than three (3) pardons per term.

Section 3. Any person may reject a pardon offered to them.

1. Any pardon rejected by a person shall not count toward the president’s authorized number of pardons.

Section 3. The President must announce the pardon on gov-announcements for it to be valid.

ARTICLE III: PARDON PROTECTIONS

Section 1. Any Senator may, within 24 hours of the pardon being announced on gov-announcements, make an Administrative Motion to “review the pardon”.

1. This administrative motion shall follow rules set by the Senate Procedures.
2. This administrative motion passes if three senators vote in favor of it within 24 hours of the Senator Presiding initiating the vote.
3. If, after 24 hours, the motion does not receive the needed support, the motion shall expire.

Section 2. If the motion to review the pardon is approved then the Commons shall add a motion to overrule the pardon to the voting sheet for the next immediate regular, or emergency, session.

1. The Commons shall vote on the motion to overrule the pardon; if a majority of non-abstaining votes are in favor then the pardon shall be overruled and revoked from the individual. If a majority of non-abstaining votes are against then the pardon shall remain in effect.
2. Any pardon that is overruled by the Commons shall still count toward the president’s authorized number of pardons.