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If I started to link to all the bloggers/blawggers and others who are writing about the sentence commutation of I. "Scooter" Libby, I would be up all night. I will therefore give one link, to my friend Professor Ellen Podgor whose analysis is spot on for what we as lawyers or professors have to now consider for our clients who are in a similar situation as Libby. Another link is saved for my friend Prof. Doug Berman who is using the issue to teach others how to give their clients a better chance at a fair sentence by using the case in their sentencing memorandums.
Full post as published by That Lawyer Dude on July 04, 2007 (boomark / email).
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