Federal clemency case file
Pardon of James Earnest Kinard, Jr.
Granted August 15, 2006 by George W. Bush (Republican).
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James Earnest Kinard, Jr., was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina of four counts of failure by a licensed firearms dealer to make appropriate entries in firearms records required by law and one count of making false entries in firearms records required to be kept by law, violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(m) and 2. On August 15, 2006, President George W. Bush granted Kinard a full pardon.
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Failure by a licensed firearms dealer to make appropriate entries in firearms records required to be kept by law (four counts), making false entries by a licensed firearms dealer in firearms records required to be made by law; 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(m) and 2
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