Clemency redirects here. For the town, see Clemency, Luxembourg. A pardon is a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted. Today, pardons are granted in many countries when individuals have demonstrated that they have fulfilled their debt to society, or are otherwise considered to be deserving.
Peat moss is made from decomposed mosses, such as sphagnum, hypnum, reeds or sedge. The most common source of peat moss is sphagnum.
Decomposed plant mixtures, or humus, accumulate in a watery environment without oxygen and become peat. Atmospheric temperatures must be warm enough for plant growth but also low enough that microbial activity is disrupted so that plant matter does not break down completely. Peat is made up of primarily wetland vegetation. This includes bog plants such as mosses, shrubs and sedges. Most of the peat bogs that exist today formed since the retreat of the glaciers after the last ice age around 12,000 years ago.