1.   A panel that has the power to pardon people who committed crimes during the apartheid era cannot grant amnesty for offenses committed abroad, the justice minister said Thursday.

2.   Farrelly also pardoned seven people convicted of lesser crimes.

3.   He also pardoned seven people convicted of lesser offenses.

4.   He has also pardoned three people who were wrongly convicted and later cleared by DNA testing.

5.   The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to investigate apartheid-era human rights violations, has the power to pardon people who committed crimes, including murder.