I Beg Your PardonThe top prospects for a last act of Bush clemency.
By Dafna Linzer, ProPublicaPosted Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at 7:00 AM ETAttention, convicts: Time is running out to get applications to the pardon attorney at the Justice Department if you're hoping President Bush will be your decider. Few of you should get your hopes up—Bush has rejected a record number of requests for pardons and commutations. In the last eight years, he has pardoned 157 people—a miserly sum compared with his predecessors. But you don't have to give up entirely: More are expected in the coming months, most notably for Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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http://www.slate.com/id/2204984?y=1
Makes me wonder about this... President of the U.S. one of the last acts is a series of pardons for various offenses. Do they REALLY count? Are they really necessary? Not just for the ones receiving the pardon but in overall principality?
I have a past felony arrest and while I served my days in jail and probation (successfully I might add
Where do I go to sign up??