Afuwa ita ce afuwa da gwamna kan laifin da ya aikata. Mutumin da aka yi wa afuwa ba za a iya ƙara hukunta shi ba saboda laifin da aka gafarta masa kuma kada a hukunta shi saboda samun rikodin laifin. [Jihar ex rel. Atty. Gen. V. Peters, 43 Ohio St. 629, 650 (1885)]. Amma, Kotun Koli ta Ohio ta kuma ce saboda kawai gwamnan ya ba wa wani afuwa, afuwar ba ta ba da dama ga mutumin da a rufe tarihin aikata laifuka kai tsaye ba. [Jiha v. Boykin, 138 Ohio St.3d 97, 104, 2013-Ohio-4582,¶27].
Ana kiran aikace-aikacen neman afuwa “application for clemency.” Waɗannan aikace-aikacen dole ne su kasance a rubuce kuma dole ne a aika su zuwa Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Manya.
Hukumar ta'addanci ta Ohio, wani yanki na Hukumar Kula da Lafiyar Jama'a, tana aiwatar da duk aikace-aikacen jin kai. Hukumar Parole za ta sake duba aikace-aikacen ku. Bayan nazarin shari'ar ku, Hukumar Parole ta ba Gwamna shawara. Gwamnan ya yanke shawarar ko zai yi afuwar.
Gwamnan ya yi afuwa ga mutanen da suka nuna cewa an gyara su kuma sun dauki nauyin zama dan kasa. A shekarar 2005 da 2006, Gwamnan ya samu bukatu 63 na sassauci kuma ya yi afuwa 29. A shekarar 2007, gwamnan ya ba da afuwa 39 daga cikin buƙatun 233.
Ana iya samun fom da umarnin da ake buƙata don shigar da afuwar gidan yanar gizon Ma'aikatar Gyara da Gyara.
Ƙungiyar Bar Association ta Ohio tana amsa tambayoyin akai-akai game da tsarin aikace-aikacen akan sa yanar.