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The Libby "Commutation" OUTRAGE

By PD Dude

I had vowed that I wasn't going to blog about this one months ago (because I knew it was going to happen as soon as the guilty verdicts came down), and yet, I sit here in such a rage right now about the Libby "commutation" (I write commutation in quotes because if there is a person alive who doesn't believe that this is a precursor to a full pardon after the election, then I have a bridge to sell you - or better yet, a prior promise by the president to let the case "and it's appeals" run it's course). I know that several of you out there complain to me that this blog strays too often from being a public defender blog into a political blog -point well taken, but this cannot be ignored, and this is a public defender issue.You see, I represent those who commit crimes and actually pay for them, because they are not rich, white and Republican...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Dude on July 02, 2007 (boomark / email).