NOTE ON THE ANALYSIS: This chart reflects the minimum number of convictions of each type listed for which offenders requested pardons from 2007-2017 , and the number of those convictions that were pardoned, based on a text search of notes entered in the data by PPP staff.. This chart does not reflect the number of people who requested or received pardons in the time specified because most applicants for pardons were requesting forgiveness for multiple convictions at once.