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Los Angeles Times calls out our "no-pardon president"

By Douglas A. Berman

The reference to President Obama quoted in the title of this post comes from the headline of this editorial which ran in the Los Angeles Times over the weekend.  The full headline with the subhead was  "A no-pardon president; So far, President Obama hasn't approved a single request for a pardon or commutation of a sentence. That's a disappointment." Here are highlights from the editorial: Just as a president is entitled to pardon anyone convicted or accused of a crime, he is free to dismiss any petitions for clemency without offering an explanation.  Indeed, he can choose never to issue any pardons or commutations of sentences at all.  Still, it's disappointing that President Obama so far hasn't approved even one request for a pardon or other form of clemency...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 01, 2010 (boomark / email).