12.23.2008 5:06 pm

The pardon watch

President George W. Bush pardoned a few people today and commuted a sentence. Read The New York Times story here. Nothing stands out in this list of pardons, with the notable exception of the posthumous pardon of Charles Winters, an…

Tags: Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, presidential pardons, Scooter Libby, valerie plame

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11.30.2008 9:04 pm

Commute George Ryan’s sentence…if he apologizes

By Editorial Board

One year after beginning a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence for racketeering and fraud, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan still hasn’t admitted to or apologized for the systematic corruption that marked his single term as governor and his two terms as secretary of…

Tags: commute, Dick Durbin, George Ryan, George W. Bush, Illinois politics, political corruption, presidential pardons, prison sentence

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The pardon watch

Commute George Ryan’s sentence…if he apologizes

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