interesting numbers here
Democratic President Jimmy Carter pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 566 people during his term.
Republican President Ronald Reagan pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 406 people during his term.
Republican President George H. W. Bush pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 77 people during his term.
Democratic President William J. Clinton pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 459 people during his term.
Republican President George W. Bush pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 200 people during his term.
Democratic President Barack Obama has pardoned 22 people up to this point in his term of office.
For a report on npr: http://m.npr.org/news/Politics/165587441
“obama’s record is even more striking if you compare the number of pardons he’s granted with those he’s rejected. Ruckman crunched the numbers for the past five presidents:
Ronald Reagan: 1 in 8
George H.W. Bush: 1 in 19
Bill Clinton: 1 in 16
George W. Bush: 1 in 55
Barack Obama: 1 in 290”
What I want to know is the number of total applications. for each term. as that “crunched numbers” may not mean anything if Obama actually get like 100,000 requests. vs RR getting 10,000 requests.
Interesting, although most of the pardons are usually done toward the end of a President’s time in office, to avoid offending people until he no longer needs their support.
MOST of clinton’s pardons were given to cronies and others who bought themselves free. MOST of the Bush pardons were given to actual criminals whom they felt had paid sufficient penalties.
I expect that Obama will pardon just about all his cronies, or anyone who can pay him off with even more bribes than he’s already gotten. Holder, Rice, or Clapper? All three, almost certainly.