He stood trial and was sentenced to be death by hanging, refusing to sign a pardon request.

The House of Delegates approved their pardon request, but the state Senate refused.

Ms. Nolan told the panel that by the end of last year the White House was overwhelmed with pardon requests.

It is also necessary to determine how much weight, if any, Mr. Clinton gave to these contributions as he considered the pardon request.

For President Clinton, the merits of individual pardon requests may also have been secondary to other interests.

The United States Attorney may support, oppose or take no position on a pardon request.

Q. Did you speak in favor of any pardon request with your husband?

Sutyagin reports that he had been asked to sign a pardon request falsely admitting guilt as early as 2005.

His pardon request was rejected in August 2011.

Former Clinton aides testified at the hearing that they had been overwhelmed by a rush of last-minute pardon requests.