50 U.S.C. § 4212 — Remedies with respect to criminal convictions
submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 100-383 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 252 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General is asked to review certain convictions of Japanese-American citizens and permanent residents who refused discriminatory treatment during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period. The Attorney General is asked to recommend appropriate pardons, and the President is asked to offer them.
(a) Review of convictions. The Attorney General is requested to review each case of a person living on August 10, 1988, who was then a United States citizen or permanent resident alien* of Japanese ancestry and was convicted of violating (1) Executive Order 9066; (2) the March 21, 1942 Act concerning restrictions or orders in military areas or zones; or (3) another listed United States order, proclamation, law, military directive, or action concerning evacuation, relocation, or internment solely because of Japanese ancestry. The review concerns convictions based on the person’s refusal during that period to accept treatment that discriminated against the person because of Japanese ancestry.
(b) Recommendations for pardons. Based on a review, the Attorney General is requested to recommend to the President for pardon consideration convictions the Attorney General considers appropriate.
(c) Action by the President. In light of Congress’s statement in section 4202(a), the President is requested to offer pardons to people recommended under subsection (b).
The Attorney General is requested to review any case in which an individual living on August 10, 1988, was, while a United States citizen or permanent resident alien* of Japanese ancestry, convicted of a violation of—
Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated February 19, 1942;
the Act entitled “An Act to provide a penalty for violation of restrictions or orders with respect to persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or committing any act in military areas or zones”, approved March 21, 1942 (56 Stat. 173); or
any other Executive order, Presidential proclamation, law of the United States, directive of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other action taken by or on behalf of the United States or its agents, representatives, officers, or employees, respecting the evacuation, relocation, or internment of individuals solely on the basis of Japanese ancestry;
on account of the refusal by such individual, during the evacuation, relocation, and internment period*, to accept treatment which discriminated against the individual on the basis of the individual’s Japanese ancestry.
Based upon any review under subsection (a), the Attorney General is requested to recommend to the President for pardon consideration those convictions which the Attorney General considers appropriate.
In consideration of the statement of the Congress set forth in section 4202(a) of this title, the President is requested to offer pardons to any individuals recommended by the Attorney General under subsection (b).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 100–383, title I, § 102, Aug. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 904.)
- 1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-383 · 102 Stat. 904
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