Wednesday, September 28, 2011

 

4,000 no's/17 yes's

A report in today's New York Times tells some grisly truths about the use of the pardon power by President Obama: He has denied 4,000 petitions while granting just 17. This contrasts sharply with the 20% success rate under other presidents since 1900.

I think maybe that someone should have an academic symposium on this...

# posted by Mark Osler @ 9:31 PM
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