Criminal Law

"Begging Bush's Pardon"
"Begging Bush's Pardon": Today in The New York Times, George Lardner Jr. has an op-ed that begins, "The first rule for handling requests for presidential pardons was set down in a report to Congress in 1887, during Grover Cleveland's first term in office...

Begging Bush's Pardon
That's the title of an OpEd in today's New York Times. It's written by George Lardner, Jr...

An excellent Expose of Bush's Hardheartedness
It's a piece called Begging Bush?s Pardon which documents just how awful the administration has been on the compassionate part of conservatism--presidential pardons...

The power to pardon
The act of of the executive pardon is both an act of mercy and a political act. Doug Berman in this post nails the questions of why isn’t the MSM addressing the last administration’s pardon record: Fortunately, some thoughtful bloggers are trying to make sure these pardon issues does not get lost in all the [...

Providing a positive spin on the pardon attorney scandal
Former US Pardon Attorney Margaret Colgate Love sent me this e-mail which suggests good might come from the latest disturbing news from the US Pardon Attorney's Office: It occurred to me that the ugly situation in the Pardon Attorney's Office,...

The sad (unpardonable) state of compassion in the Bush Administration
Writing in today's New York Times, George Lardner has this potent op-ed headlined "Begging Bush's Pardon...

How can a sexual harrasment case be dismissed even with evidence?
American law has very strict evidence requirements that are intended to insure t...