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Judge Walton expresses concerns about commutation for Scooter Libby

By Douglas A. Berman

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Reminding me of an issue that I wish would get a lot more play on the campaign trail, this article from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel makes clear than not everyone has forgotten the special sentencing justice that Scooter Libby received last summer. The article is headlined, "Libby judge says Bush sent wrong signal: Walton worries about perception of inequality in justice," and here is how it starts: When President Bush erased the prison term of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, he reinforced some Americans' perception that status can affect justice, according to the judge who sentenced Libby. In commuting the 2 1/2 -year prison term of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Bush called U.S. District Judge Reggie B...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).

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