District of Columbia Code Division IV. Criminal Law and Procedure and Prisoners. § 24-481.03. Establishment and duties.

(1) Develop criteria and an application for clemency recommendations and publicize the application procedure;

(2) Review each application and determine, within 6 months after a complete application is received, whether to recommend the application to the President of the United States;

(3) Consider both cases of actual innocence and cases of those who are remorseful and can show that they have been rehabilitated;

(4) Give special consideration to applicants who are terminally ill or elderly, or who no longer present a danger to the community;

(5) Develop criteria for the consideration of an applicant's background, which may include procedures by which the Board obtains information from outside organizations with which the applicant has interacted;

(6) Whenever feasible, conduct in-person, telephone, or video conference hearings with applicants;

(7) Allow applicants to have access to an attorney or non-attorney representative at any hearing before the Board;

(8) When the Board decides to recommend an application to the President of the United States:

(9) Track and publish the number of applications the Board grants and denies, including the number of applications recommended to the President of the United States, in an annual report to the Council and on the EOM's website; provided, that the annual report shall exclude personally identifiable information.