On AlterNet: pardons

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The Holiday Season is a Time for Clemency

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. December 19, 2011.

A former drug war prisoner explains how clemency set him free, and why he has made it his mission to help other prisoners find freedom.

Obama Makes a Few Pardons on Unfair Drug Convictions, But Has Granted Fewer Requests for Clemency Than Any President in the Last Century

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. November 23, 2011.

Obama pardoned three marijuana offenders and commuted the sentence of one crack offender, but the implications of his actions are not as optimistic as they may sound.

Obama Pardons Handful of Drug Prisoners

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 22, 2011.

Obama granted pardons to five people, three with marijuana-related convictions, and commuted the sentence of a woman doing more than 20 years on a crack charge.

Bush Won't Pardon Libby

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. January 19, 2009.

The right-wing has been mounting a fierce campaign to secure a pardon for Libby. Looks like it didn't work.

A Look Inside Bush's 'Pardongate'

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. December 26, 2008.

Bush tries to reverse his pardon of a "Brooklyn real estate developer accused of scamming hundreds of poor, minority homebuyers."

George W. Bush and the Presidential Pardons

Tom Degan, The Rant. November 20, 2008.

No, it's not a new punk band.

Record Numbers Seek Last-Minute Pardons From President Bush

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. November 17, 2008.

A record number of felons are seeking presidential pardons or commutations from George W. Bush.

Conservatives Want Bush to Issue "Pre-Emptive Pardons" to Officials Involved in Illegal Programs

Ben, ThinkProgress. July 22, 2008.

These are lawyers with little respect for the rule of law.

WTF? Newsweek Says We Should Pardon Officials Who Sanctioned Torture

Brad, Sadly, No!. July 16, 2008.

The pardons recommended in Stuart Taylor Jr.'s Newsweek article are absurd and, you know, illegal.