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By The Sentencing Project

"In his last days in office and with the 2008 election decided, President Bush can afford to be generous with a power with which he was been notoriously stingy - that is, the president's near-absolute authority to pardon ex-cons and commute the sentences of federal offenders. To date, Bush has issued a mere 171 pardons and eight commutations - despite the large number of federal drug offenders serving draconian mandatory minimum sentences." Posted Date:12/5/2008 4:32:43 PM

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).