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A new batch of uneventful pardons from President Bush

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP story, "President Bush pardoned 15 people Tuesday and commuted the prison sentence of another."  Here's more from the AP account (which also includes a list of those pardonees):  Bush has been stingy about handing out such reprieves. With about nine months left in his administration, he has granted 157 pardons. That's less than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Reagan issued during their time in office. Both were two-term presidents.  Most of those on Bush's most recent pardon list were convicted of white-collar or drug offenses. One name notably absent from the list was star pitcher Roger Clemens. The FBI is investigating whether Clemens lied to Congress about steroid use. An attorney for his trainer has predicted Clemens will be pardoned because of his friendship with the Bush family...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).