1.   And eventually he filed the clemency petition.

2.   As a private lawyer, he had filed two clemency petitions during Republican administrations, winning one.

3.   Both have clemency petitions before President Clinton.

4.   According to his clemency petition, several prison guards and a former warden support mercy for the soft spoken native of Thailand.

5.   But he faulted the preparation of many clemency petitions and the quality of legal representation for some death row inmates making their final pleas for mercy.

6.   But the judges have sharply criticized the parole board, particularly over its secret meetings and refusal to say what criteria it uses in evaluating clemency petitions.

7.   He has granted fewer clemency petitions than either of his Republican predecessors, Presidents George Bush and Ronald Reagan.

8.   He said existing procedures, which had applied to all federal prisoners, set no firm deadlines for filing clemency petitions in capital cases.

9.   He said in the letter that clemency petitions were filed with the White House and the Justice Department.