All applications are reviewed and approved by the board. This list may be modified & is not all inclusive. This list is current as of March 2025 & is reviewed annually.

  • Since 2014, VetFuel, Inc., a 501-c3 charity started with help from Yale Law School’s Jerome N. Frank Legal Clinic, has built a movement to improve veterans' public health. We believe that veterans can achieve restorative justice & have the right to choose their own lives without being held back by a criminal record. They deserve the opportunity to reintegrate into society without unfair obstacles in finding jobs, housing, education, or medical care. Moreover, they should be able to seal or erase their criminal records under federal & state laws, regaining their civil rights without facing arbitrary & capricious barriers.

  • Choice is the vehicle of Liberty. A choice to remove barriers to veteran criminal pardons decreases years of projected life lost in the veteran community. Reduction in years of projected life lost begins with the restoration of pre-conviction rights, resulting in complete physical, mental & social well-being, not merely the absence of infirmity.

  • We understand that certain crimes have a substantial societal impact, however, we also believe that no veteran in the State of Connecticut should be charged to apply for a rap sheet since this barrier stops many veterans from attempting to apply for a pardon & is an exclusionary practice.

  • VetFuel, Inc. ensures dignity, freedom, honor, & liberty for all those who would seek it. We reserve the right to refuse advocacy services to any person charged with or convicted of any crime involving: Arson, burglary, all crimes against a minor under the age of 18, the elderly, domestic animals, embezzling, extortion, forgery, fraud, (including SNAP / Medicaid fraud), home invasion, intimate partner violence not related to self defense, kidnapping, robbery, stalking, terrorism, treason, vehicular assault, & voyeurism.

    Please note that treason for our purposes is defined as: Criminal advocacy or actions against any municipal, state, or federal legislative body, its operations, and/or its facilitators. All applications are reviewed and approved by the board. This list may be modified & is current as of March 2025.