HRS §353-72
How pardons are reviewed and recommended
When the governor asks, the corrections director and the paroling authority must look at every pardon request and give the governor all available information about the prisoner, plus their recommendation on whether to grant the pardon.
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The statute, as written — Pardons; reference to paroling authority
The director of corrections and rehabilitation and the Hawaii paroling authority shall consider every application for pardon which may be referred to them by the governor and shall furnish the governor, as soon as may be after such reference, all information possible concerning the prisoner, together with a recommendation as to the granting or refusing of the pardon.
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