List of people pardoned by George W Bush

[The Black Knight]

List of people pardoned by George W. Bush

The following is a partial list of people pardoned by George W. Bush. As of December 21, 2006, President George W. Bush had issued 113 presidential pardons to people who have served their entire sentence, and has commuted in addition the sentences of three people. [1]

This list is a subset of the list of people pardoned by a United States president. The order is alphabetical, the year is the date of conviction.

Charles James Allen (1979 conspiracy to defraud the United States. A former federal employee, Allen was convicted for approving payments to James Hilles Associates Inc., a Virginia firm, for office supplies that were never delivered. In return, Allen received car parts, a radio, a freezer and other gifts from the firm) Alan Dale Austin (1987 misapplication of mortgage funds) William Sidney Baldwin Sr. (1981 conspiracy to possess marijuana) Timothy Evans Barfield (1989 aiding and abetting false statements on a Small Business Administration loan application) Bruce Louis Bartos (1987 transportation of a machine gun in foreign commerce) David Thomas Billmyer (1978 military conviction for making a false claim) Clyde Philip Boudreaux (1975 military conviction for borrowing money from enlisted men, accepting a noninterest-bearing loan from a government contractor and signing and swearing to a false affidavit) Marie Georgette Ginette Briere (1982 possession of cocaine with intent to distribute) Carl E. Cantrell (1967 moonshining) Charles Winston Carter (1964 conspiracy to steal government property) Meredith Elizabeth Casares (1989 embezzlement of US Postal Service funds) Randall Leece Deal Clayton (1960 and 1964 liquor laws) Charles Russell Cooper (1959 bootlegging) Dale C. Critz, Jr. (1989 making a false statement) William Charles Davis (1983 income tax evasion) William Henry Eagle (1972 moonshining) Mark Alan Eberwine (1985 conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding, impairing, and obstructing the assessment of taxes by the Internal Revenue Service and making false declarations to the grand jury) Robert Carter Eversole (1984 theft) Gerald Douglas Ficke (1992 money laundering) Harper James Finucan (1980 marijuana possession with intent to distribute) Anthony Americo Franchi (1983 tax evasion) Colin Earl Francis (1993 accepting a kickback of about $9,000 for helping a vendor for United Technologies Corp.'s Sikorsky Aircraft division, where Francis worked at the time, land a contract) Kenneth Clifford Foner (1991 bank fraud) Victoria Diane Frost (1994 conspiracy to possess) William Grover Frye (1968 AWOL and 1973 sale of stolen car) Joseph Daniel Gavin (1979 military insubordination, drunkenness, threats, and other offenses) George Glenn (1956 accepting $50 bribe while in military) Samuel Wattie Guerry (1984 food stamp fraud) Charles E. Hamilton (1989 mail fraud) Stanley Bernard Hamilton 1990 (money order fraud) Brianna Lea Haney (1991 failure to report monetary instruments) George Thomas Harley (1984 aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine) David Custer Heaston (1988 false statement) Melodie Jean Hebert (1984 defrauding U.S. with false claims) Patricia Ann Hultman (1985 conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and other controlled substances) Bobby Frank Kay Sr. (1959 moonshining) James Ernest Kinard, Jr. (1984 fraudulent firearms dealer records) Richard Ardell Krueger (1979 mail fraud and 1980 and false statement on a loan application) Devin Timothy Kruse (1979 AWOL from Coast Guard) Margaret Ann Leggett (1981 false claims) Raul Marin (1982 failure to appear in court) Melvin L. McKee (1982 conspiracy to make false statements on a loan application) Charles McKinley, (1950 moonshining) Michael Mark McLaughlin (1983 mail fraud and conspiracy) Michael Robert Moelter (1988 illegal gambling business) Billie Curtis Moore (1977 income tax evasion) Richard Arthur Morse (1963 transportation of a stolen vehicle) Kenneth Lynn Norris (1993 unlawful disposal of hazardous waste) Joseph Mathew Novak (1994 possession and transfer of an illegal weapon) Eric William Olson (1984 military conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute, possession, and use of hashish) Donald Lee Pendergrass (1964 armed bank robbery) Fred Dale Pitzer (1976 transportation of falsely made securities) Charles Blurford Power (1948 transportation of a stolen vehicle) Gerard Murphy Rayne (1972 car theft) James Edward Reed (1975 marijuana possession with intent to distribute) Thomas R. Reece (1969 violating the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to alcohol) Cecil John Rhodes (1981 false statement on a loan application) John Louis Ribando (1976 and 1978 marijuana dealing) Larry Gene Ross (1989 making false statements in a bank loan application) Ernest Rudnet (1992 conspiracy to file false tax returns) Gary L. Saltzburg (1995 theft of government property) John Gregory Schillace (1988 conspiracy to possess cocaine for distribution) Russell Don Sell (1995 aiding and abetting a false statement on a loan application) James Leon Adams Simpsonville (1965 selling firearms to out of state residents and falsifying firearms records) Scott LaVerne Sparks (1989 theft of government property) Wendy St. Charles (1984 conspiracy to trade narcotics and cocaine distribution) David Lloyd St. Croix (1989 disposal of stolen explosives) Jearld David Swanner (1991 making false statements in a bank loan application) James Walter Taylor (1991 bank fraud) Johnson Heyward Tisdale (1994 food stamp fraud) Edward Rodriguez Trevino, Jr. (1997 theft, convicted in military court) Janet Theone Upton (1975 mail fraud) Jerry Dean Walker (1989 cocaine distribution) Joseph William Warner (1995 arson on an Indian reservation) Jimmy Lee Williams (1995 false statements on a loan application) Tony Dale Ashworth Winnsboro (1989 unlawful transfer of a firearm) Two commutations of sentence were granted on May 20, 2004. They were granted to:

Geraldine Gordon (1989 distribution of phencyclidine) (sentenced to 20 years plus 10 years supervised release; sentence commuted after 15 years, term of supervised release left intact) Bobby Mac Berry (1997 conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, money laundering) (sentenced to 9 years imprisonment plus 5 years supervised release; sentence reduced to 6 and a half years, terms of supervised release left intact) A commutation of sentence was granted on December 21, 2006 to:

Phillip Anthony Emmert (1992 conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine) (sentenced to 21 years and 10 months plus 5 years supervised release; sentence reduced Feb. 21, 1996; sentence commuted to 15 years and 1 month plus 5 years supervised release)

[The Black Knight]

Amusing how Bush can't seem to find the time to pardon these guys. Considering the slime he's made time for in the past. What a crock of...nevermind, don't want to get banned.

[The Black Knight]

And you know the only thing more enraging than this article? The fact that I forgot to check the paragraph function when I copied and pasted!

[woofie]

how much time do you think most of these people did?

[kinoxi]

I take it you're a bushbot.

[The Black Knight]

I dunno. I wonder if they were violently beaten by Mexican thugs for doing their job.

[The Black Knight]

I truly hope that that is sarcasm.

[msnimje]

Perhaps you should learn a little bit about the actual case rather than just who was involved before you demand they be pardoned.

They covered up a shooting. That is unacceptable, regardless of the despicable nature of the bad guy.

[kinoxi]

Yes it was implied.

[SmoothTalker]

The offenses seem bad on the surface but pardons can be used for someone who has been railroaded. Of course i'm cynical so i'll say that at least some of these must be inapropriate.

[L.N. Smithee]

One word Four letters: H. T. M. L.!

[Admin Moderator]

Please provide a source for this.

[TomasUSMC]

Did he pardon the Border Patrol agent that just got beaten up in prison by a bunch of illegal scum?

[rob88888]

Yeah, and one of those heartbeats isn't a very reliable one! :-/

[kinoxi]

A source would be appropriate.

[Inyerface]

I'm no expert on the process of receiving a presidential pardon, but I wouldn't think it happens overnight (some of those cases are over 50 years old!). I would guess that the lawyers for these two agents are working the process, filing appeals, etc., and won't give up until real justice is served on their behalf. One can only never give up hope.

[johnmark7]

Almost all of these cases are for crimes that are mostly small time. It seems like they served their time, although a lot of traffickers in drugs are on the list.

If most of these had served their sentences, why the pardons? They were guilty, did their time, and that's that. As for commutations of sentences, if some small time crooks or fools had too much of a sentence to serve for the crime, I'm fine with that. I just don't get the purpose of most of these pardons.

[Lokibob]

With the exception of one (that I read), all of the pardons were for non-violent crimes. the one exception was an armed bank robbery.

[L.N. Smithee]

Perhaps you should learn a little bit about the actual case rather than just who was involved before you demand they be pardoned.

Maybe you should.

[bobby.223]

I don't get it either.

[skeptoid]

"They covered up a shooting.'

That may not be a fact.

Have you seen National Border Patrol Council Rebuts Compean-Ramos Prosecution Claims?