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A pardon from Wisconsin´s governor can be a tremendous boon for people who have committed crimes in the state, served their sentences, and then spent considerable time in communities without recent offenses. Learn how lawyers can help.

A pardon from Wisconsin´s governor can be a tremendous boon for people who have committed crimes in the state, served their sentences, and then spent considerable time in communities without recent offenses. Learn how lawyers can help.

The decision of the people in passing a law. >> shannon: did you expect there would be a legal challenge to what the governor has done? >> on the reprieve part of it, im very skeptical that any challenge in court can succeed. courts do not generally interfere with the exercise of executive clemency power. even a blanket decision. its kind of a sacred cow and courts dont generally review i it. >> shannon: we will watch and see, i know there are some making waves about challenging this in some cou...

The executive clemency power is the place where the president can do this. the "washington post" pointing out this morning that a lot of these pardons the president done had gone around the normal process. where it works through the justice department, they can serve a thousand of them and they bring them to the president. and instead hes watching tv, and he reacts and thats the kind of presidency the president loves. >> read between the lines for us a little bit when you look at the messaging b...