The statute that repealed JRADs did not revoke the authority of JRADs granted before November 29, 1990. The regulations reflect this view. Section 240.10(d) of 8 CFR says: (d) Issues of removability. . . . The alien shall provide a court certified copy of a Judicial Recommendation Against Deportation (JRAD) to the immigration judge when such recommendation will be the basis of denying any charge(s) brought by the Service in the proceedings against the alien. No JRAD is effective against a charge of deportability under former section 241(a)(11) of the Act or if the JRAD was granted on or after November 29, 1990. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspUnder United States v. Yacoubian, 24 F.3d 1 (9th Cir. 1994), the JRAD should be effective to eliminate a moral turpitude conviction for removal purposes. See also Renteria v. Ashcroft, ___ F.3d ___ (5th Cir. 200_) (JRADs issued before repeal of JRAD statute are still effective). &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspIn Yacoubian, the Ninth Circuit held that a JRAD did not defeat the expanded firearm ground of deportability, which was not new in June 1990 when the court granted the JRAD. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspFormer 8 U.S.C. 1251(b) provided for a JRAD. Before it was repealed, it provided: The provisions of (a)(4) respecting the deportatation of a crime or crimes shall not not apply 1 in the case of any alien who has subsequent to such conviction been granted a full and unconditional pardon by the President of the United States or by the Governor of any of the several States, or 2) If the court sentencing such alien for such crimes shall make . . . a recommendation to the Attorney General that such alien shall not be deported. A pardon and a JRAD defeated deportability for removal purposes, under the statute, which in June 1990 included both the moral turpitude and aggravated felony grounds of deportability. In addition, former 8 U.S.C. 1251(b) included an exception, but it was for deportability under former 8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(11), the controlled substance ground of deportability. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspThe Sixth Circuit recognized that a JRAD defeated deportability under the aggravated felony ground. See Probert v. INS, 954 F.2d 1253 (6th Cir. 1992) (holding that the provision requiring the AG to detain a noncitizen deportable for an aggravated felony conviction did not apply to a noncitizen who had a JRAD for his aggravated felony conviction beause he was not deportable under the aggravated felony ground). &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspA recent BIA case involving pardons, Matter of Suh, 23 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 2003), also supports by analogy the availability of a JRAD for the aggravated felony ground. Congress basically moved the pardon provisions to 8 U.S.C. 1237(a)(2)(A)(v) from former 8 U.S.C. 1251(b). The pardon statute now forgives the grounds in 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2), which is where Congress moved the moral turpitude and aggravated felony grounds of deportability that had been codified under former 8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(4). The same express exception for controlled substance deportability remains in the statute.