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Pardons
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Contrasting posthumous pardon stories
Main May 4, 2006Contrasting posthumous pardon storiesNo matter what one thinks about posthumous pardons, the contrasting pardon stories from Montana and Mississippi in these two articles are fascinating (and perhaps…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Terrific article on the pardon power
Main March 21, 2006Terrific article on the pardon powerMargaret Colgate Love, who served seven years as US Pardon Attorney under the first President Bush and President Clinton, has a fantastic…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A very public plea for a (very unlikely?) clemency
Main January 22, 2006A very public plea for a (very unlikely?) clemencyAs detailed in this CNN article, "after years of silence, the father of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Clemency and pardon news and notes
Main January 5, 2006Clemency and pardon news and notesEven though the holiday rush of clemency and pardon activity has passed (details here and here), the papers are still full of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Christmas clemency and pardon stories
Main December 25, 2005Christmas clemency and pardon storiesChristmas time often prompts chief executives to grant clemencies or pardons, and this year is no exception. A few days ago, as discussed…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The new holiday fad: clemency debates
Main December 21, 2005The new holiday fad: clemency debatesIn addition to the new round of Bush pardons and enduring discussion of the Tookie Williams case, the holiday season news is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Around the blogosphere
Main December 3, 2005Around the blogosphereLots of interesting items to be found around the blogosphere. Let's go alphabetically: At the ACSBlog, this post by Michael Mannheimer asks, "Is Alito the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Will Libby get a pardon, sooner or later?
Main November 8, 2005Will Libby get a pardon, sooner or later?Thanks to this post at TalkLeft, I see that Arianna Huffington has some interesting comments here about the possibility of…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
More on Pardons
By Ellen Podgor
Margaret Colgate Love, who served as US Pardon Attorney for seven years, comments on the recent Bush pardons and offers a suggestion to obtain change:"There's not a lot to say…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
A Win for Former Gov. Rowland
By Ellen Podgor
Former Governor Rowland of Connecticut left office under a cloud after being sentenced to a year and a day in prison. His post-governor employment raised ethics issues at his sentencing…