Presidential pardons (also known as a shadow asylum ("Day 2: 12:00pm-1:00pm")) exempt a person from any legal penalties or liabilities that would normally result from criminal acts. This immunity has been proposed and occasionally traded to terrorists or collaborators in exchange for very time-sensitive intelligence to fulfill such government goals as the capture of a weapon of mass destruction. Many of these such pardons were conditional upon the success of the subsequent government action. Other pardons, such as the one granted to Tony Almeida, were given despite his criminal action on account of mitigating circumstances. A pardon was given to Jack Bauer for his actions during Day 8 and Day 9 by President Heller, mainly to repay him for all the help he'd given during the Day 9 crisis des