Pardon

A pardon was a formal forgiveness of a crime and associated penalty. 
In 2257, the President of the United Federation of Planets pardoned the convicted mutineer Michael Burnham, expunged her record, and restored her rank of commander due to her actions while ending the war with the Klingons. ()
In 2373, Captain Benjamin Sisko offered to arrange a pardon for Michael Eddington in return for assistance in stopping cloaked Maquis missiles that were reportedly on their way to Cardassia. Eddington ignored Sisko's offer, stating that his release would not bring back all of the Maquis that had died while he was in prison. ()
In 2374, Gowron pardoned Grathon Tolar, an expert in holographic forgery who was being held in a Klingon prison, in order to assist Captain Sisko in bringing the Romulan Star Empire into the Dominion War on the side of the Federation. ()
In 2401, retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and the command crew of the were pardoned for their crimes, including the hijacking of the , for their role in saving the Federation from the Borg threat on Frontier Day as revealed by Tuvok to Seven of Nine. Along with pardoning Seven for her own actions, Starfleet Command officially promoted her to Captain of the rechristened based on a recommendation from Liam Shaw recorded before his death. ()
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