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The Pace of Executive Clemency in Maryland

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Today's Baltimore Sun carries a column by Dan Rodricks, "Justice reform not an O'Malley priority."According to The Washington Post, Gov. Martin O'Malley is about to issue his first pardons since taking office in January 2007, and there are no convicted killers on the short list of those who will catch a break from the Democratic governor. In fact, Mr. O'Malley's mercy extends only to seven people, and they were convicted years ago of petty theft and disorderly conduct. "I suppose my orientation from being a big-city mayor and having seen the violence on our streets is more of a tough-on-crime orientation," the governor and former mayor of Baltimore told the Post. "You probably won't see me doing as many of these as past governors...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).