About
Todd Haugh is a professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
He joined Mark Osler on the 2025 "Pardons & Expungement" panel, moderated by Jeff Grant, on pardons, expungement and the push for federal expungement legislation.
At the White Collar Conference
Todd Haugh shared his research showing that white collar offenses have accounted for about half or more of pardon grants across recent presidencies. He urged anyone considering a petition to slow down and be wary of people selling connections.
“Consistently about more than 50 percent of pardon grants have been for white collar offenders.”
Watch at 27:18
“What I would hate to see is someone who is sort of victimized, frankly, twice.”
Watch at 35:03
Chapters
- 0:00 Jeff Grant introduces the panel and the Federal Expungement Initiative
- 2:51 Mark Osler on the history and types of clemency
- 9:19 Biden and Trump clemency grants
- 15:38 What a pardon petition faces now
- 19:46 Expungement vs. clemency, and restoring gun rights
- 22:14 Mark Osler on culture, mercy and humility
- 24:04 How the Federal Expungement Initiative started
- 25:30 Todd Haugh on white collar offenders and pardon data
- 29:49 Mark Osler's clemency clinic
- 32:11 Advice on applying for a pardon and hiring help
With Jeff Grant (moderator) and Mark Osler
Join us in fall 2027.
The fourth annual White Collar Conference is planned for fall 2027, virtual on Zoom and open to all.