{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-1.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 1.2","heading":"Eligibility for filing petition for pardon.","body":"No petition for pardon should be filed until the expiration of a waiting period of at least five years after the date of the release of the petitioner from confinement or, in case no prison sentence was imposed, until the expiration of a period of at least five years after the date of the conviction of the petitioner. Generally, no petition should be submitted by a person who is on probation, parole, or supervised release.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 1—EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"71bb964f9331300470df56d1a0921bce7774513722efd92aa044960df9ecdebd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-1.1","next":"us/28-cfr-1.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}