APPLY FOR A PARDON

Pardons Are Presently Possible In Pennsylvania.

           Do not overlook using the pardon system in order to restore your  firearms rights.

          The procedure is complicated but an experienced attorney can help you  get through the red tape successfully although you do not have to have  an attorney represent you in order to obtain a pardon. 

          Attorney McCormick can help you obtain a pardon. 

Pardon Facts:

What a pardon does for you:

A pardon relieves any legal disability resulting from a conviction. These disabilities include, but are not limited to:

1. The right to vote (only incarcerated felons suffer this disability in Pennsylvania, this varies by state) 
2. The right to be a juror
3. The right to hold a public office
4. The right to bear arms
5. The opportunity to serve in the military
6. The right to obtain/carry a firearm
7. The right to travel internationally

Your record will not be cleared by a pardon alone:

A  pardon does not remove, expunge, or clear the conviction from your  criminal record, but makes it possible to have your record expunged.
 

If  you receive a pardon, and then you are asked by an employer or future  employer whether you have been convicted of a crime you can say no.

You can say that you were never convicted of a crime because of the holding by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Sutley,  378 A.2d 780 (Pa. 1977). The Court held that a pardon is defined as  "the exercise of the sovereign's prerogative of mercy. It completely  frees the offender from the control of the state. It not only exempts  him from further punishment but relieves him from all the legal  disabilities resulting from his conviction. It blots out the very  existence of his guilt, so that, in the eye of the law, he is thereafter  as innocent as if he had never committed the offense." It is  recommended, though, that such a denial be explained as based on the  existence of a pardon. 

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 J. Michael McCormick
 Attorney at Law
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