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The Clemency Program of 1974. 3-183498; FPCD-76-64. January 7,
1977. 95 pp.
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Iss - Area: Personnel Management and Compensation (300).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: Law Enforcement and Justice: Federal Law
Enforcement and Prosecution (051); National Defense:
Defense-related Activities (054); National Defense:
Department of Defense - Military (except procurement &
contracts) (751).
Organization Concerned: Department of Defense; Department of
Justice; elective Service System.
Congressional Relevance: Congress; House Ccmmittee on Armed
Services; Senate Committee on Armed SeLvices.
Authority: Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 462).
Executive Order 11803, 11804. Uniform Ccde of Military
Justice, art. 85-97. 10 U.S.C. 885-87.
The Departments of Justice and Defense, the Selective
Service System, and the Presidential Clemency Board have the
responsibilities for carrying out the Clemency Program for the
return of Vietnam era draft evaders and military deserters.
Findino3/Conclusions: Out of an estimated 113,000 to 300,000 who
were eligible, about 21,700 have participated with 13,750
assigned to alternate service, 6,052 receiving pardons, 911
denied clemency, and 100 cases pending. The Department of
Justice dismissed.cases not subject to prosecuticn, and assigned
alternate service according to U.S. attorneys' assessments of
social and economic circumstances. DOD used the military board
of officers to determine the amount of alternative service for
alleged deserters according to prescribed military criteria,
generally excluding social and economic circumstances. At
Selective Service, 2 years after the program began, 74% of those
assigned alternate service had not shown up cr had been dropped,
15% were in alternate service jcbs or waiting or placement, and
about 11% had completed alternate service. (STW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaabym0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)