Bush is doing the correct thing here Scooter former chief of staff to Vice President [censored] Cheney should not take the fall for the later. Scooter is probably a good man...not so sure about Cheney
That being said it is highly uncertain if the principles of "EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY" is one that should be continued. I think it should not but then again I am not entitled to vote in the USA...but many of my friends and relatives are.
BTW lets keep this thread civilized. We are all adults so lets argu senibly in this thread.
GRANT OF EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS Lewis Libby was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case United States v. Libby, Crim. No. 05-394 (RBW), for which a sentence of 30 months' imprisonment, 2 years' supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and a special assessment of $400 was imposed on June 22, 2007;
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Bush commutes Libby's prison sentence
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, pursuant to my powers under Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, do hereby commute the prison terms imposed by the sentence upon the said Lewis Libby to expire immediately, leaving intact and in effect the two-year term of supervised release, with all its conditions, and all other components of the sentence.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.