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commutation stories: 10 news summaries

Cheney Furious at Bush
for Not Pardoning Libby

Ex-VP pushed prez for reprieve 'til he left DC

Feb 17, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney is furious that President Bush wouldn’t listen when he repeatedly pushed for a last-minute pardon for Scooter Libby, the New York Daily News reports. The ex-VP “went to the mat and came back and back and back at Bush” for a full pardon, said one close... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • commutation • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush

Bush Rejected Pardons for Milken, Other 'High Rollers'

'He seems to go out of his way to deny the high rollers, the prominent people,' source says

Jan 27, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - George Bush formally denied pardons for several prominent politicians and businessmen on his last day in office, the Justice Department told the Los Angeles Times today. Among those whose pleas fell on deaf ears were Michael Milken, a businessman convicted of insider trading and stock evasion, and Randall Cunningham, a... More »

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presidential pardon • commutation • clemency • pardon • Michael Milken • President • George W. Bush • John Walker Lindh • Leonard Peltier • Randall Cunningham

(Newser) - Dick Cheney believes disgraced former chief of staff Scooter Libby, convicted in the CIA leak investigation, deserved a pardon, the Weekly Standard reports. “He was the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice,” the former vice president said. “Obviously, I disagree with President Bush.” Bush’... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • commutation • commute • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush • sentence

Bush Commutes Sentences of Former US Border Agents

Pair was convicted of shooting drug dealer

Jan 19, 09 12:56 PM CST
(AP) - In his final acts of clemency, President Bush today commuted the prison sentences of two former US Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration. Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover... More »

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presidential pardon • commutation • Border Patrol • Ignacio Ramos • George W. Bush • Jose Compean

 Bush Pardons 19 More, 
 But Not Libby (Yet) 

President's tally still pales in comparison to Clinton, Reagan

Dec 23, 08 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Another round of presidential pardons today might not be the last, the Washington Post reports. “The president has maintained his authority to do that until his last day,” a spokesman said. No big names, such as Scooter Libby, were announced, but President Bush did issue a rare posthumous... More »

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fraud • presidential pardon • commutation • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush • drug charges • Charles Winters

 Big Names 
 Await News 
 on Pardons 

Gonzales, Clemens could be excused from future accusations

Nov 29, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush continues to be stingy with pardons, but some big names will be hoping for clemency in December, the AP reports. Among the 2,000 applicants are junk-bond king Michael Milken and American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh. Bush also could excuse potential future convicts such as pitcher Roger... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Roger Clemens • commutation • pardon • Michael Milken • George W. Bush

Conrad Black Asks Bush for Clemency

Doing time for fraud, media giant wants sentence commuted

Nov 21, 08 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Onetime media mogul Conrad Black is seeking clemency from President Bush in hopes that his 6½-year jail sentence will be commuted, the CBC reports. Black, the former chair of newspaper firm Hollinger International, was convicted on fraud and obstruction of justice charges in 2007 for channeling $6 million from... More »

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media • newspaper • Conrad Black • commutation • clemency • George W. Bush • sentence

Requests for Pardons Flood White House

Petitioners include the American Taliban, but not Scooter Libby

Jul 19, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is nearing the end of his term, and felons are coming out of the woodwork in historic numbers to ask for pardons and reduced sentences, the New York Times reports. It is not unusual for there to be a spike in pardons granted by a president in... More »

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Bill Clinton • presidential pardon • commutation • Martha Stewart • felony • clemency • conviction • Marion Jones • George W. Bush

Commutation Decision Marks Serious Shift

As Texas governor, Bush seldom overruled court decisions

Jul 7, 07 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - In six years as governor of Texas, George W. Bush issued 20 pardons and commuted one death sentence. As president, he seemed to be hewing to the same standard, granting 113 pardons (against more than 1,000 appeals) and commuting just four sentences. The fourth commutation sends the Times in... More »

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commutation • clemency • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush

Bush, Cheney Should Quit Over Scooter

Resignation, impeachment the only options, argues Olbermann

Jul 4, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - MSNBC's Keith Olbermann came out swinging last night, demanding the resignation of both the president and VP—"two men who are now perilous to our democracy." Drawing on both John Wayne and James Madison, the anchor donned his commentator hat to contend that commuting Scooter Libby's sentence was... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • democracy • presidential pardon • presidential politics • Bush impeachment • president • commutation • partisanship • government • resignation • Lewis Scooter Libby • vice president • George W. Bush

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