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The Right Coast
Donald Trump on Joe Exotic pardon: ‘I’ll take a look’
President Trump on Wednesday said he ll examine a request for a pardon from Joe Exotic Maldonado-Passage, the star of the hugely popular Netflix series Tiger King. I ll take…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Whom else should Prez Trump pardon?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this recent CNN piece by James Gagliano, headlined "This is one pardon Trump should consider." This extended piece starts…
The Right Coast
Michael Milken deserved Trump’s pardon
President Trump has taken some criticisms for the pardons he recently issued, so let s take a look at one of them: Michael Milken. In 1990, Milken pleaded guilty to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of notable clemency news and notes and commentaries after Prez Trump’s flourish of mercy
Unsurprisingly, a number of reporters and commentators have lots to report and comment upon in the wake of Trump's latest clemency work (basics noted here and here and here). Here are just a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Mexico Tightens Border After Trump Pardons White-Collar Criminals
Over at the New Yorker, satirist Andy Borowitz warns that Mexican border agents have been "on alert to prevent any recipients of Trump’s pardons from crossing into their country."Mexico's President…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Trump grants clemency to 11, including former junk bond king Michael Milken”
I have previously noted in this post three of Prez Trump's the high-profile clemency recipients today — Blagojevich, DeBartolo and Kerik — and I could not help but note these three…
Simple Justice
Begging Cuomo’s Pardon
Mario’s ugliest son can moral grandstand with the best of them, particularly when it ends up with people going to prison as long as they’re the “right” people. But as…
Simple Justice
A Pardon For Christmas
There’s something sentimental about it which stirs even the hardest heart this time of year. It wasn’t a gift former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper would give, but the new governor,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another round of headlines highlighting continuing controversies surrounding former Kentucky Gov Bevin’s pardon flourish
In this post nine days ago, I rounded up some representative headlines and stories covering former Kentucky Gov Matt Bevin's considerable and controversial clemency grants as he relinquished power in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Terrific new editorial about Ohio Gov DeWine’s terrific new “Expedited Pardon Project”
Because I am directly involved in Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's exciting new "Expedited Pardon Project," I had an inkling I would like this new Columbus Dispatch editorial when I saw…