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9 Mar 2010, 7:00 am
" The pardon for Mr.Wu was advocated by New York City District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. and by a broad array of Chinese, Asian, Pan Asian and immigrant organizations throughout the country. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 5:29 am
Via Doug Berman, the Los Angeles Times offers an editorial on the nagging issue of President Obama's failure to commute a single sentence, issue a single pardon, in his first two years in office. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 5:08 pm
Trump's attorneys would no doubt raise this claim at the earliest opportunity. [read post]
29 May 2010, 12:15 pm
The reporter won in the district court, but, inexplicably, the Justice Department is now appealing the decision.The Department of Justice has a process whereby convicted federal felons can apply for a presidential pardon through DOJ's Office of the Pardon Attorney. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 11:30 pm
During his 4 1/2 years in office, President Obama has granted 39 out of more than 10,000 petitions for pardons or clemency. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 8:51 am
Here are excerpts:Today, FAMM calls on Congress to immediately investigate the breakdown at the Office of the Pardon Attorney and ask Attorney General Michael Mukasey how he intends to fix it.... [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 4:45 pm
Notice of a Utah Board of Pardons and Parole Hearing When the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole sets up an original parole grant hearing, rehearing or parole revocation hearing, the following people shall receive notice of the time and location of the hearing: • Defendant • Prosecuting office (county or district attorney) • Sentencing court • Law enforcement officials responsible for the defendant’s arrest and conviction • Victim or… [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 4:51 am
Given that the facts Ruckman reports show that (1) the president signed a document saying he hereby gave a full and unconditional pardon to Toussie; (2) that that document was sealed; and (3) that the Office of the Pardon Attorney notified Toussie (or his counsel) that Toussie had been pardoned (not that he would be), I think it is fair to say that for all intents and purposes, this pardon had been signed, sealed, and delivered. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 12:31 pm
Section Two of the bill requires the attorney general to submit certain information about presidential pardons for specific offenses identified in the bill. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 4:33 pm
By contrast, O'Hara had lived in the same neighborhood his whole life, had managed successful political campaigns there and had run for public office several times. [read post]
4 Jun 2020, 4:01 pm
While Wheat cites an 1893 executive order that requires pardons to be countersigned by the Attorney General, the scope of that order is limited to warrants of pardons and commutations "heretofore prepared at the Department of State on the requisition of the Attorney General," and would not apply to a pardon tweet.As the BBC notes, Wheat could not have contemplated something like Twitter when he wrote his 1929 memo. [read post]
10 Jun 2007, 9:22 pm
I offered my pro bono legal services to help with this, or I guess it would be more honest to say I offered to bother someone in our Miami or Tampa offices about it, but it turns out there is already at least one Florida attorney working on the papers. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 9:00 pm
“Trump Prepares to Offer Clemency to More Than 100 People in His Final Hours in Office,” reported yesterday’s Washington Post. [read post]
24 Dec 2008, 3:57 pm
Bush’s administration reportedly studied the feasibility of revoking the Marc Rich pardon, and it was not clear whether the Clinton administration had completed all of the paperwork at the time Bush took office. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 7:54 am
Haley Barbour's pardons would stand, Attorney General Jim Hood said he wants to let voters decide whether the judiciary should be able to overturn a governor's pardon. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 1:52 am
Indeed, even at the federal level, pardons are generally handled through the Office of the Pardon Attorney, except of course, when they're not.It's clear from Article II and Supreme Court precedent that the President has the power to pardon on whatever grounds he deems appropriate, regardless of the criteria and advice of the Department of Justice. [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 10:45 pm
With respect to the number of pardons, we find that democratic presidents (who we expect to be less tough on crime) are more likely to grant pardons; that the crime rate has a negative impact on pardons; and that the number of pardons increased during Prohibition and during wartime and postwar periods.I wonder if anyone who has worked in the "Office of Pardon Attorney"--which must be the de facto decision maker for most… [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 7:35 am
It said they were to be sent to the attorney general's "pardon clerk" for "his prompt and appropriate attention. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 8:38 am
Via Kimberly Reeves at the Quorum Report, I learned that Attorney General Greg Abbott issued his first opinion of 2010 in response to questions from state Sen. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 2:48 pm
He told the White House on President Clinton's last night in office that he was "neutral, leaning toward favorable" on the pardon. [read post]
