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Lots of (surprising and unsurprising) clemency chatter … and great advocacy for clemency change
The lame-duck end of a presidential (or gubernatorial) term is often a time for lots of discussion of clemency possibilities. And who follows this space surely sensibly expected that the…
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Prez Trump grants pardon to Michael Flynn … are a lot more to come?
As reported here by NPR, "President Trump has pardoned his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who spent years enmeshed in an often bizarre legal war with the government that…
The Faculty Lounge
A Well Deserved Pardon
This is a guest post by my colleague Steve Drizin, William M. Trumbull Clinical Professor of Law and co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at the Bluhm Legal Clinic…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How might the Prez clemency power be wielded next month and next year?
Mark Osler usefully ruminates on the question that serves at the title of this post in this extended new CNN opinion piece headlined "Get ready for a flood of Trump…
Criminal
How might the Prez clemency power be wielded next month and next year?
Mark Osler usefully ruminates on the question that serves at the title of this post in this extended new CNN opinion piece headlined "Get ready for a flood of Trump…
Other
Notable research from Pennsylvania on positive pardon consequences
I just came across this interesting webpage at the site of the group Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity. The page highlights a pair of reports about the consequences of pardons…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable research from Pennsylvania on positive pardon consequences
I just came across this interesting webpage at the site of the group Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity. The page highlights a pair of reports about the consequences of pardons…
Criminal
Has anyone sentenced to life without parole ever before been granted a full Prez pardon?
Earlier today, I asked in this post "Has anyone sentenced to life without parole ever before spoken on final night of major political convention?". I was referencing, of course, Alice…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Trump grants pardon to Jon Ponder just before his RNC convention speech
As reported in this Fox News piece, "President Trump on Tuesday announced a pardon of Jon Ponder ahead of the convicted bank robber's appearance at the Republican National Convention on…
Criminal
Prez Trump grants pardon to Jon Ponder just before his RNC convention speech
As reported in this Fox News piece, "President Trump on Tuesday announced a pardon of Jon Ponder ahead of the convicted bank robber's appearance at the Republican National Convention on…