Presidential Pardon PowerVersion en ligne pardon reprieve presidential power par Stephanie Ganser 1 President can grant 2 Amnesty 3 Reprieve 4 Pardon as a "check" in "checks and balances" 5 Pardon Procedures - How to get one 6 Pardoned Crimes Remain Here but Reinstate These 7 Pardon Doesn't Mean 8 A Person Pardoned is both of these pardons reprieves commutations amnesty people that have committed the same crime are forgiven as a group postpone punishment for a crime allow a sentence to begin at a later date keeps the judicial system from giving sentences that are too harsh president can change the sentence and "trump" the judge's sentence criminals can apply for a pardon president can give a pardon without a request from a person still on a person's record person regains privileges to vote and to run for public office a person is innocent a person did not commit the crime a person is forgiven for a crime a person is excused from punishment for a crime