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Sentencing Law and Policy
What might 2009 have in store for . . . executive clemency?
Main January 1, 2009What might 2009 have in store for . . . executive clemency?I will commemorate the new year with a long series of topic-specific posts asking "What might…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Real headaches or just hiccups on nominee Holder’s path to AG?
Main December 29, 2008Real headaches or just hiccups on nominee Holder's path to AG?The Boston Globe has this long pieceon coming Senate confirmation issues surrounding President-elect Obama's nominees. The piece…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Still more blogosphere buzzing about the Presidential pardon polka
Main December 28, 2008Still more blogosphere buzzing about the Presidential pardon polkaBecause the story has so many intriguing dimensions, bloggers continue to buzz about Pressident Bush's decision to grant, and…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Rescinded Pardon
By Ellen Podgor
Ken Belson & Eric Lichtblau over at the NYTimes have an article, A Father, a Son, and a Short-Lived Presidential Pardon that tells of President Bush's rescinding a pardon when…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some more thoughts about the latest ugly Presidential pardon snafu
Main December 25, 2008Some more thoughts about the latest ugly Presidential pardon snafuThanks to President Bush's bizarre clemency work this week, my e-mail in-box has been a bit too busy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some media and blogosphere buzzing about Bush’s pardon snafu
Main December 25, 2008Some media and blogosphere buzzing about Bush's pardon snafuNot surprisingly, the media and the blogosphere are abuzz concerning President Bush's decision to grant, and then seek to…
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President Bush tries to take back one notable (and noted) pardon grant!?!?!
Main December 24, 2008President Bush tries to take back one notable (and noted) pardon grant!?!?!Thanks to a helpful reporter, I just learned of this remarkable statement from the White House…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The Holiday Pardons
By Ellen Podgor
President Bush issued some holiday pardons - 19 individuals were recipients, and one person had a sentence commutation. The list includes many older offenses, with a few being drug related…
Sentencing Law and Policy
President Bush issues holiday week batch of pardons and one more commutation
Main December 23, 2008President Bush issues holiday week batch of pardons and one more commutationThe AP is now reporting here that the second batch of lame duck pardons from President…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A clemency recipient makes case for the good clemencies
Main December 18, 2008A clemency recipient makes case for the good clemenciesSadly, the specter of ugly pardons past (Marc Rich) and ugly pardons future (possible preemptive torture pardons) is giving…