Please define "pardon"

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On job applications it says have you ever been convited of a cime for a pardon has not been granted. If you had a posession of alcohole fine and paid it should you list it? or does paying it mean the same as a pardon? Thanks

the_dude22386 said:

On job applications it says have you ever been convited of a cime for a pardon has not been granted.

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pardon
1) v. to use the executive power of a Governor or President to forgive a person convicted of a crime, thus removing any remaining penalties or punishments and preventing any new prosecution of the person for the crime for which the pardon was given. A pardon strikes the conviction from the books as if it had never occurred, and the convicted person is treated as innocent. Sometimes pardons are given to an older rehabilitated person long after the sentence has been served to clear his/her record. However, a pardon can also terminate a sentence and free a prisoner when the chief executive is convinced there is doubt about the guilt or fairness of the trial, the party is rehabilitated and has performed worthy public service, or there are humanitarian rea-sons such as terminal illness. A pardon is distinguished from "a commutation of sentence" which cuts short the term; "a reprieve," which is a temporary halt to punishment, particularly the death penalty, pend- ing appeal or determination of whether the penalty should be reduced; "amnesty," which is a blanket "forgetting" of possible criminal charges due to a change in public circumstances (such as the end of a war or the draft system); or a "reduction in sentence," which shortens a sentence and can be granted by a judge or an executive.

If you had a posession of alcohole fine and paid it should you list it?

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If you were convicted, pled or otherwise found guilty, yes.

or does paying it mean the same as a pardon?

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No.