Federal clemency case file
Pardon of James Lawrence Swisher
Granted December 22, 2000 by Bill Clinton (Democratic).
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James Lawrence Swisher received a pardon on December 22, 2000, from President Bill Clinton. Swisher had been convicted in the Middle District of North Carolina of obstruction of a criminal investigation under 18 U.S.C. § 1510. The pardon fully restored his civil rights and erased the conviction from his federal record.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Obstruction of a criminal investigation, 18 U.S.C. § 1510
M. D. N. C.
Offense
Obstruction of a criminal investigation, 18 U.S.C. § 1510 (18 U.S.C. § 1510)
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