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Might the ugly Clinton pardons start getting some campaign traction?

By Douglas A. Berman

As I have noted previously, P.S. Ruckman over at Pardon Power is doing a great job keeping track of how the Bill Clinton's ugly clemency record could be a big issue in Senator Clinton's presidential campaign.  Here are some notable recent posts on this topic: Campaign 08: Pardons for Clinton Library Money? Campaign 08: Pardon the Vetting, Mrs. Clinton Comment: Defending FALN Pardons?! The first post linked above discusses this new USA Today article, headlined "Archivists block release of Clinton papers."  Here are excerpts from this lengthy article:Federal archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library are blocking the release of hundreds of pages of White House papers on pardons that the former president approved, including clemency for fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).