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Pardons
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Sentencing Law and Policy
More Libby sentencing speculation
Main March 6, 2007More Libby sentencing speculationThe speculations about sentencing in the Libby case are already quite interesting: US News has this brief piece headlined "Libby Looking at 15 Months…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Harsh border agent sentences producing half-truths
Main February 1, 2007Harsh border agent sentences producing half-truthsThe buzz over the border agent case (background here and here) continues to grow. CNN has a new segment about the case,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting federal focal point for pardon/clemency debate
Main January 21, 2007Interesting federal focal point for pardon/clemency debateAs detailed here and in this topical index, I find legal and policy debates over executive clemency to be interesting, important…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Pardon for Border Patrol Agents?
Yesterday, Bill Hing posted a notice about the conviction of two border patrol agents who shot an unarmed immigrant drug smuggler and tried to cover it up.Today, it is reported…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Landes and Posner on the economics of pardons
Main January 12, 2007Landes and Posner on the economics of pardonsThanks to this post a Legal Theory Blog, I see that William Landes and Richard Posner have posted a paper…
Sentencing Law and Policy
This year’s batch of Bush holiday pardons
Main December 22, 2006This year's batch of Bush holiday pardonsJust in time for Festivus, President Bush issued a batch of pardons and one commutation yesterday. This AP story provides all…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A wiki list of Bush pardons
Main December 11, 2006A wiki list of Bush pardonsA helpful reader sent me this link to a recently updated list of President Bush's pardons at Wikipedia. The e-mail came with…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A turkey story for Thanksgiving
Main November 23, 2006A turkey story for ThanksgivingAs this AP story details, President Bush kept up tradition yesterday by pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey. But today Debra Saunders, in this…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Maryland governor taking clemency responsibility seriously
Main August 25, 2006Maryland governor taking clemency responsibility seriously This morning's Washington Post has this front-page article about Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich's "unusually active" use of executive clemency powers. Here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
President Bush issues more minor pardons
Main August 17, 2006President Bush issues more minor pardonsAs detailed in this AP story, President Bush earlier this week has granted another set of executive pardons, all to folks who…