Only 12 percent of amnesty requests to the TRC were granted

Evidence

To qualify for amnesty, perpetrators had to confess fully and with conviction for crimes during apartheid considered to be political. Amnesty would preclude prosecution for crimes so confessed, though not for other crimes, political or criminal. The Commission’s official report of 1998 revealed that of the more than 7,000 requests for amnesty, only 849 or a little over 12 percent were granted. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1575 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Few amnesty seekers satisfied the TRC’s full-confession requirement — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1575; The TRC’s individual-level apologies left apartheid’s architects unpunished and victims uncompensated — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1576; South Africa’s TRC traded amnesty for truth, not remorse or atonement — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 2091 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Fewer than one in seven apartheid amnesty requests were granted #expands (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1575