Oh Libby

[sacrosanct24]

Scooter, Scooter, Scooter.

I don't know what is more suprising, that people are frothing at the mouth pissed off at the President for it, or that people are suprised it happened and frothing at the mouth pissed off.

Want some fun and educational reading?

Clinton Pardons
Clinton Commutations
Slick Last Second Pardons 
Show me some numbers!

So...  cry me a

Comments

[scaryblackdeath]

Oi. This is pretty bad. Wikipedia on the FALN guys:

On August 11, 1999, Bill Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of FALN that set off bombs several times in New York City and Chicago, convicted for conspiracies to commit robbery, bomb-making, and sedition, as well as for firearms and explosives violations.[3] None of the 16 were convicted of bombings or any crime which injured another person, and all of the 16 had served 19 years or longer in prison, which was a longer sentence than such crimes typically received, according to the White House.[4] Clinton offered clemency, on condition that the prisoners renounce violence, at the appeal of 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, President Jimmy Carter, the cardinal of New York, and the archbishop of Puerto Rico. The commutation was opposed by U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and criticised by many including former victims of FALN terrorist activities, the Fraternal Order of Police,[5] members of Congress, and Hillary Clinton in her campaign for Senator.[6]

...yeah, that makes me wonder "what the fuck?"

...along with the two boys from Arkansas he pardoned for odometer rollback. Seriously, who the fuck do you have to know to get a presidential pardon for that?!

[sacrosanct24]

I totally went nuts on the odometer rollback thing. I was pretty amazed at it.

I looked at all the Arkansas pardons and figured President Clinton had hit a "fuck it" button.