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How Many Clemency Requests Are Botched? U.S. Pardon Attorney Excluded Info That Could Have Set One Man Free

Dafna Linzer, ProPublica. May 23, 2012.

An investigation into one man's clemency request exposes the Pardon Attorney for failing to report crucial information that may have set an unjustly sentenced Black man free.

In Support of Imprisoned Wikileaks Whistleblower Pvt. Bradley Manning

Ray McGovern, AlterNet. August 8, 2010.

Ray McGovern at Quantico rally in support of Manning -- "We are here to say thank you and to tell Bradley Manning, loud and clear, 'You are not alone. You are not alone.'"

Don't Pardon the Junk Bond King

Mary Liz Thomson, AlterNet. January 20, 2009.

One of the original financial felons from the 1980s, Michael Milken, is asking for a pardon from President Bush.

Can George W. Bush 'Self-Pardon' Himself?

Stephen M Brown, AlterNet. November 24, 2008.

There's no definitive legal consensus on whether a president can pardon himself. But Bush may well give the theorists an answer.

Pardoning Libby: Never a Good Idea

Guest Blogger, June 14, 2007.

Jane Hamsher: One of Barack Obama's top advisors thinks a Libby pardon would benefit progressives, he couldn't be more wrong.

Three of Eight Pardons Issued by Obama Are for Drug War Prisoners

December 31, 1969.


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