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Lots of clemency news and notes

By Douglas A. Berman

The coming week ought to be an exciting one for clemency fans, as I think we can and should expect President Bush to do one last batch of clemencies on his way out of office.  I heard a rumor that some clemencies will be announced as early as Monday (perhaps to give the President a final day to take back any mistakes).  I have not heard any rumors about who might be on the final clemency list, but the Pardon power has this great list of cases to watch. For anyone eager to get up to speed on clemency law, the Congressional Research Service, has produced this effective new CRS Report titled, "An Overview of the Presidential Pardoning Power."  The document is only six pages, but provides just about everything one needs to know about federal clemency legal issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 18, 2009 (boomark / email).