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To: DoodleDawg

What is the difference between commuting a sentence and a ...
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President Donald Trump is expected to commute the 14-year prison sentence of Blagojevich. The 63-year-old Democrat is expected to walk out of prison later Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (M. Spencer Green/AP)


36 posted on 03/15/2020 12:03:34 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Do you not understand the difference between commuting a sentence and delaying a sentence? In one the sentence is cut short. In the other the sentence stands but the imposition of it is delayed. One the President can do and the other he cannot.


111 posted on 03/15/2020 2:24:27 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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