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Pardoning news and notes from the rust belt

By Douglas A. Berman

With some state Governors already or possibly soon to be in lame-duck-mode and with the winter holidays on the near horizon, the season for clemency and pardon requests and grants is heating up.  This past week brought these notable pardoning stories from the great states of Ohio and Wisconsin. From Ohio, the story is headlined "Pardon requests to governor keep on coming: As his term nears an end, Strickland asked to consider clemency for nearly 950," and here are excerpts: Nearing the end of his four-year term as governor, Ted Strickland is being flooded with requests to use his executive clemency power.  This year alone, Strickland's office has received 488 clemency requests -- and the number is increasing daily. Add in pending requests from 2008 and 2009, and the governor has nearly 950 cases awaiting decisions only he can make...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).