Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:45 PM

Taverner (53,270 posts)

Has Obama issued any pardons yet?

Here's hoping for Leonard Peltier...

Obama knows his story - he read "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee..."

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Has Obama issued any pardons yet? (Original post)	Taverner	Nov 2012	OP
Don Siegelman may be the most deserving of a pardon in US history.	yourout	Nov 2012	#1
Yes, Siegelman is still in jail, even though every lick of evidence says he was shafted	Taverner	Nov 2012	#3
Jury tampering and an overzealous federal attorney didn't earn one for Edwin Edwards	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#9
Don Sieglemam	lsewpershad	Nov 2012	#2
Not lately but He has pardoned a few...	JeffHead	Nov 2012	#4
let me add...	mitchtv	Nov 2012	#5
I second Leonard P.	ReasonableToo	Nov 2012	#6
Obama pardons far fewer than other presidents	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#7
I think that traditionally, that comes at the end of the second term.	geckosfeet	Nov 2012	#8

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:49 PM

yourout (6,143 posts)

1. Don Siegelman may be the most deserving of a pardon in US history.

Frankly it's an injustice beyond belief that he was ever prosecuted.

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:53 PM

Taverner (53,270 posts)

3. Yes, Siegelman is still in jail, even though every lick of evidence says he was shafted

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:53 PM

RB TexLa (16,191 posts)

9. Jury tampering and an overzealous federal attorney didn't earn one for Edwin Edwards

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:49 PM

lsewpershad (1,394 posts)

2. Don Sieglemam

also deserve consideration.

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:56 PM

JeffHead (268 posts)

4. Not lately but He has pardoned a few...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_Barack_Obama

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 04:59 PM

mitchtv (17,358 posts)

5. let me add...

Don Seigelman

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 05:20 PM

ReasonableToo (217 posts)

6. I second Leonard P.

After watching Redford's documentary on it, it's hard to believe any president wouldn't pardon him. Pretty annoyed that none have yet.

(I agree with Don too.)

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 05:57 PM

struggle4progress (71,465 posts)

7. Obama pardons far fewer than other presidents

Posted at 03:19 PM ET, 11/02/2012
By Al Kamen

... Obama, who hasn’t pardoned anyone since November 2011, has pardoned people at a lower rate than any of his recent predecessors, according to a report Friday by the non-profit investigative organization ProPublica. .

Obama has pardoned only about one of every 50 people “whose applications were processed by the Justice Department,” according to ProPublica’s Dafna Linzer.

At the same time in their presidencies, Reagan has pardoned one of every three applicants, Bush I had pardoned one in 16, Clinton had pardoned one in eight and Bush II had pardoned one in 33.

Pardons don’t wipe away convictions, but they restore full rights to vote, get business licenses and so forth. Commutations, on the other hand, mean early release from people serving federal prison sentences ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/obama-pardons-far-fewer-than-other-presidents/2012/11/02/99ffacbc-2517-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_blog.html

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:52 PM

geckosfeet (8,798 posts)

8. I think that traditionally, that comes at the end of the second term.

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