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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
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Probably, but there was no uproar when Clinton let loose axe murderers at the end of his term, and this commute is minor compared to whom Clinton let loose.
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Presidents have been issuing exciting pardons long, long before Clinton and Bush. Check this one out:
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Originally Posted by http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/pardons/pardon.history.html
A more puzzling case is Reagan's pardon of Robert Wendell Walker, who was convicted for attempted bank robbery. It is unclear why Reagan pardoned Walker, who had been sentenced to five years of probation. The pardon would have remained obscure if not for Walker's arrest November 3, 2000. He is charged with killing his wife and dismembering her body.
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IMHO the powers should really remain seperated.