As discussed above, without expungement laws an individual's remaining option regarding certain criminal conviction information contained in his or her criminal record – is to petition the Governor for Executive Clemency (the granting of which still does not wipe clean or erase information contained in a criminal record). And, even though it is extremely rare that the governor may grant a petition for executive clemency, Maine's Department of Corrections nevertheless publishes the specific procedural rules and guidelines for filing such a petition. These guidelines list, among other things, many limitations to the petition process.