New York Clemency Decisions
This is a list of clemency decisions (including commutations, pardons or reprieves) drawn from press releases and other news sources. The Governor is required to "annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which the convict was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon or reprieve." NY Const. Art. IV, § 4
| 2010 | |
| Tressan Allen* | Attempted Possession of Marijuana |
| Luz Marina Camacho* | Sale and Possession of a Controlled Substance |
| Ian Carter* | Attempted Sale of Stolen Property |
| Edouard Colas* | Attempted Burglary |
| Vijay Dandapani* | Grand Larceny |
| Randy Valentin De La Cruz* | Assault |
| Francisco Moya de Leon* | Possession of a Controlled Substance |
| Neil Drew* | Grand Larceny |
| Salvador Gonzalez* | Assault |
| Engels R. Guzman* | Robbery |
| Carol Hamilton* | Possession of Marijuana |
| Olusegun Ola Johnson* | Forgery |
| Walter Mills* | Attempted Possession of a Firearm |
| Pedro Montesquieu* | Sale of a Controlled Substance |
| Frances Novoa* | Attempted Petit Larceny |
| Jose Palma* | Reckless Endangerment |
| Angela Parker* | Sale of a Controlled Substance |
| Juan P. Ramirez* | Misdemeanors |
| Laurenton Rhodon* | Possession of a Controlled Substance |
| Lucila Cruz* | Attempted Grand Larceny |
| Fredy C. Rojas* | Possession of a Controlled Substance |
| Jose Sanchez* | Possession of a Controlled Substance |
| Melbourne Sinclair* | Sale of marijuana |
| Eligio Valerio* | Sale of a Controlled Substance |
| John White | Manslaughter |
| Kevin Auyeung | Robbery |
| Mario Benitez | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Sanjay Broomfield | Weapon Possession |
| Marlon Oscar Powell | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Darshini Ramsaran | Robbery |
| Deborah Salako–Nation | Forgery |
| June Benson | Rape Accessory |
| Qing Hong Wu | Robbery |
| Osvaldo Hernandez | Weapon Possession |
| * Immigration Pardon | |
| 2009 | |
| Wayne Prospect | Bribe Receiving |
| Joanne Carroll | Robbery |
| Freddie Warren | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 2008 | |
| Ricky Walters | Attempted Murder |
| 2007 | |
| No Applications Granted | |
| 2006 | |
| No Applications Granted | |
| 2005 | |
| Darryl Best | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 2004 | |
| No Applications Granted | |
| 2003 | |
| Lenny Bruce | Free Speech |
| Emmanuel Nkemakolam | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 2002 | |
| Eric Marsh | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Ernesto Melendez | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Victor Vaughn | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Linda White | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 2001 | |
| Kleon Papadopoulos | Humanitarian Reasons |
| Samuel Roldan | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Richard Seager | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 2000 | |
| Leah Bundy | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Donna Charles | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Migdalia Martinez | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Melita Oliveira | |
| Terrence Stevens | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 1999 | |
| Elaine Bartlett | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Robert Bavisotto | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Patricia Feerick | Former Police Officer |
| Arlene Oberg | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Jan Warren | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 1998 | |
| No Applications Granted | |
| 1997 | |
| Jose Lamberto | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| John Staley | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Angela Thompson | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 1996 | |
| Charline Brundidge | Domestic Violence |
| Wanda Collazo | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Loretta Evans | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Ira Green | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Hernando Mendez | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Eucharista Migliore | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Anthony Papa | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| 1995 | |
| James Dooley | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
| Judy Perez | Rockefeller Drug Laws |
Research Links
Clemency Law (LLRX)
InformationConcerning Executive Clemency (DOCS)
Office of the PardonAttorney (DOJ)
Pardon Power
Presidential Pardons (Jurist)
State by StateGuide to Clemency (CJPF)