Pardons

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May 25, 2011

Obama can't remain ringside in Jack Johnson pardon fight

OPINION - There would be absolutely no political repercussions, let alone political fall-out to Obama for pardoning Johnson...
May 21, 2011

From marijuana to alligator hides, Obama pardons 8

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House, as is typically the case with every administration, offered no elaboration for the president's…
February 23, 2011

Will Jack Johnson be pardoned on Obama’s watch?

OPINION - Obama is under an intense racial microscope, and any misstep, real, or invented, will bring instant howls as…
January 2, 2011

Jailed Miss. sisters freed but must trade kidney

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The unusual agreement has alarmed some experts, who have raised legal and ethical questions...
December 29, 2010

Gov. Barbour suspends life sentence for Scott sisters

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has suspended the life sentences of two sisters convicted in 1994 for…
December 3, 2010

Finally! Obama issues first pardons of his presidency

WASHINGTON (AP) - No well-known people were on the list and most of the crimes seemed low-grade. Five involved drug…
November 30, 2010

Why Obama has been so stingy with pardons

OPINION - Hammering Obama as insensitive, uncaring, or timid in granting reforms, ignores the fact that he is in a…