Whatever the merits of President Bush's decision to commute Mr.Libby's sentence, there is little doubt that it was a permissibleact under the Constitution.
Joe Biden announced last week that he had issued a general pardon for all those convicted of the federal crime of simple cannabis possession. This applies to about 6,500 people and possibly numerous o.
Amherst professor Austin Sarat comments on a recent case in which the Oregon Court of Appeals held that Governor Kate Brown had the legal authority to grant mass clemency to more than 1,000 people convicted of crimes in her state. Professor Sarat points out that the decision joins a long line of others affirming the authority of governors and the President of the United States to grant clemency for “good reason, bad reason or no reason at all.”
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