Publish, Punish and Pardon: How Obama Could Reveal the Nature of the National Security State
Dec 5, 2016 At this late date, what might a president alarmed by his successor do, if not to hamper Trump's ability to create global mayhem, then at least to set the record straight before he leaves the White House?
Jill Stein: ‘If Elected President I Will Immediately Pardon Edward Snowden’
Sep 15, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is promising, if she is elected, to pardon the NSA whistleblower, whose revelation of secret government spying ruled illegal by federal judges “was among the most important in US history.”
Bureaucrat Torpedoes Plea for a Presidential Pardon
May 14, 2012 The prosecutor and trial judge urged federal officials to commute Clarence Aaron's sentence, but the Justice Department had other ideas.
Shades of Mercy: Presidential Forgiveness Heavily Favors Whites
Dec 4, 2011 To avoid repeating a scandal like his predecessor’s, George W. Bush gave career lawyers in the Justice Department far-reaching authority to choose who got presidential pardons. The result: Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a pardon, even when the type of crime and severity of sentence are taken into account.Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a presidential pardon.
