Monday, July 02, 2007
Libby Walks
Bush commutes sentence.
Legally, not a pardon, but essentially the same result.
So, DUI/driving with a suspended license gets you more time behind bars than being convicted of perjury by a jury of your peers.
The text of the president's commutation statement can be found here.
UPDATE: Patrick Fitzgerald's statement on the commutation.
UPDATE II: Andrew Sullivan's link to Orin Kerr makes some interesting observations on the "partisan" nature of this case.
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Legally, not a pardon, but essentially the same result.
So, DUI/driving with a suspended license gets you more time behind bars than being convicted of perjury by a jury of your peers.
The text of the president's commutation statement can be found here.
UPDATE: Patrick Fitzgerald's statement on the commutation.
UPDATE II: Andrew Sullivan's link to Orin Kerr makes some interesting observations on the "partisan" nature of this case.
Labels: pardon, Scooter Libby
