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Pardons
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Will VP Cheney help Libby at sentencing?
Main May 9, 2007Will VP Cheney help Libby at sentencing?The scheduled sentencing of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, is now less than four weeks…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Can Congress vacate a conviction by legislation?
Main May 8, 2007Can Congress vacate a conviction by legislation?This item from the New York Times blog pages brings up the border agents' cases (background here and here) and ponders…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A call for a broader pardon perspective
Main March 30, 2007A call for a broader pardon perspectiveOver at the National Journal, Jonathan Rauch has this strong new commentary entitled "Pardon Libby? Maybe, But Not Alone." Here are…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Intriguing op-ed on pardon realities
Main March 26, 2007Intriguing op-ed on pardon realitiesWith the Lewis Libby case in mind, George Lardner Jr. has this interesting op-ed about pardon law and realities in today's New York…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Putting the Libby pardon debate (and the crack sentencing debate) in context
Main March 12, 2007Putting the Libby pardon debate (and the crack sentencing debate) in context This Bloomberg commentary by Ann Woolner, entitled "Libby's Case Tests Bush's Parsimony With Pardons," provides…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A Libby pardon and DOJ guidelines
Main March 11, 2007A Libby pardon and DOJ guidelinesA helpful reader pointed me to this effective Newsweek article spotlighting that President Bush would have to skirt the Justice Department's internal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Will Libby get bail pending appeal from the courts? Can he get it from the President?
Main March 8, 2007Will Libby get bail pending appeal from the courts? Can he get it from the President?Though all the Libby talk today is about a possible pardon, I…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Everyone’s talking about pardons
Main March 8, 2007Everyone's talking about pardonsThough I am eager to focus on the sentencing issues now critical to Lewis Libby's fate, it seems that everyone else wants to talk…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Around the blogosphere
Main March 7, 2007Around the blogosphereThere are lots of great reads and other goodies for sentencing fans around the blogosphere today. Here is just a sample:At Concurring Opinions, Hidden Sentencing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing and pardon politics in the Libby case
Main March 7, 2007Sentencing and pardon politics in the Libby caseAt TalkLeft, Jeralyn now has this terrifically clear post discussing the legal basics of Libby's sentencing realities. Though my post…