The details that we request from you on the leading pardon application form, and in any result background examination, is required to evolve the starting point for an enlightened judgment about whether you should be granted a pardon. This is our only motive in asking you to complete and sign the application and, if required, requesting that an enquiry be made into your personality and activities. You are under no moral imperative to supply any details. However, if you do not give all the particulars requested, we may be not able to process your application. Failure to give your Social Security number will not prejudice your case.

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In the development of examining your application, an agent of the Government may interview you and those persons who have accomplish character testimony or written letters of source on your behalf. Additionally, neighbours, one-time and recent employers, partners, and other individuals who may …