The following is a list of the 75 pardons and 3 commutations by President George H. W. Bush. The list is organized by the date on which President
George H. W. Bush granted the
pardon or
commutation.
A pardon means an executive order vacating a conviction.
A commutation means a mitigation of the sentence of someone currently serving a sentence for a crime pursuant to a conviction, without vacating the conviction itself.
August 14, 1989
Pardoned
Joe llen Deckert (1979
Misprision of felony (relating to illegal firearms sales))
Lewis Isador Goltz (1976 Sale of firearms to out-of-state resident, failure to register firearms, failure to make appropriate entry in firearm acquisition disposition records)
Wayne Stanley LaTour (1980 Dealing in firearms without a license)
Thomas Leoutsakos (1968 Sale of
methamphetamine (misdemeanor))
Mary Mahoney Longwell (1976 Embezzlement of bank funds)
Barbara Cecil Livenia Chapman Portwood (1962
Forgery)
Laurie Virginia Rossetti (1976 Engaging in the conduct of an illegal gambling business)
Myra Soble (1957 Conspiracy to receive and obtain national defense information and transmit same to foreign government)
Rudolph Hartsel Young (1960 Embezzlement of postal funds and falsification of postal records)
Frank T. Passini, III (1978 Possession and sale of 5,000 grams of
marijuana and wrongful possession of 50 grams of marijuana in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice)
Donald Rightmire (1984 Misprision of a felony)
Edwin Roberts (1947 Carrying on the business of a
distiller, possessing an unregistered whiskey still, and making and fermenting
mash fit for distillation)
Patrick James Sheehan (1981 Misapplication of bank funds)
Hildred Earl Spates (1971 Theft of government property)
Alfredo Encinas Villarreal (1971 Theft of mail by postal employee)
Jack Alvin Walker (1956 Failure to report for military duty in violation of Selective Service Act of 1950)
Carl Frank Westminster, Jr. (1977 Possession (one ounce of marijuana) controlled substance in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice)
January 15, 1993
Commutation
Joseph Occhipinti (1991 Federal drug agent convicted of conspiracy to violate
civil rights, deprivation of rights under
color of law (misdemeanor), and making false statement)[1]