Pardon

• Pardons

• Breaking into the pardon power: Congress and the office of the pardon attorney.

INTRODUCTION What do a Secretary of Defense, a paramilitary organization, and a commodities trader have in common? No, this is not a riddle, there's...

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 46 Nbr. 4, September 2009

• The Pardon Paradox: Lessons of Clinton s Last Pardons

Regulation of the Unruly Power . II. The Pardon Paradox Traps Bill Clinton . III. The Paradox in Operation: A Tale of Two Commutations . A. The Case of Kim Willis. B. The Case of Carlos Vignali. V. Lessons for the Future .

• Capital University Law Review
• Nbr. 31-2, March 2003

• Pardon Applicants a Varied Group

The 32 people who applied for pardon with Gov. Sam Brownback this year include at least eight convicted murderers, five rapists and five child molesters. The list also includes at least one doctor, one former state agency leader and five people who appear to have already served their prison terms.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• December 22, 2011

• The twilight of the pardon power.

I. INTRODUCTION Almost two years after taking office, President Barack Obama had yet to issue his first pardon. (1) Almost 5,000 petitions for cleme...

• Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
• Vol. 100 Nbr. 3, June 2010

• Billy the Kid, Still Dead, Awaits Pardon

For notorious Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid, it looks like Christmas might yet come, just 129 years too late. And some are wondering why. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, has just a few days left in his second and final four-year term in office, and will spend some of it deciding whether to grant a petition to pardon Billy the Kid, who was born as Henry McCarty but also was known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney.

• The Washington Times
• December 27, 2010

• Debra Saunders: One Prisoner Worthy of Presidential Pardon

For the most part, President Obama has squandered his presidential pardon and commutation power. Federal mandatory minimum sentences have put small-time offenders behind bars for decades, yet Obama has been reluctant to commute sentences that far outstripped the crimes.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• November 28, 2011

• Bill Clinton's parting pardon party.

I. INTRODUCTION This Article will appear in revised form as part of a book tentatively titled The Decline and Fall of the Pardon Power: A History. A...

• Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
• Vol. 100 Nbr. 3, June 2010

• Netanyahu Seeks Pardon for Pollard ; American Spied for Israel

The White House is reviewing a new pardon request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the case of former Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard, who is serving a life sentence for spying for Israel. The request came in a letter to President Obama from Mr. Netanyahu, who read it aloud during a session of the Israeli parliament on Tuesday, noting that the case "unites us all.

• The Washington Times
• January 05, 2011

• Activists Call On Gov. To Pardon John White

[John's] doing amazingly well under the circumstances," said Richard Mischel, one of White's attorneys. He told the AmNews that a conference call was being held late Wednesday afternoon to determine further legal action in terms of appealing the decision, and requesting an extension of the bail. "The appellant division confirmed the conviction," said Mischel. "So we are appealing the highest court for permission to file a second appeal, and to extend his stay of sentence, at least until the decision is made as to whether we can appeal. "We continue to stand by [John White] and his family," said Abdul Hafeez Muhammad, head of Harlem's Mosque Number 7, and Min. Louis Farrakhan's New York representative. "While some have thought that he should have called 911, which he instructed his wif...

• New York Amsterdam News
• June 22, 2010

• 100 Years On, Prostitute's Kin Seeking Pardon

HARRISBURG -- Decent people didn't speak her name. Her house on the hill outside town was well known for what could be purchased there.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• September 27, 2011