[highball]

What on Earth was his rationale for these pardons?

[Dante3]

I saw recently a show on how Mexico has become a major source for meth in this country. That is one horrible drug.

I wonder how long before some of the disrupters who hate the BP agents, support drug dealers, and/or are in the pay of the Sutton crowd will show up on this thread.

There is one poster (Charlie somebody - I forgot the name) who is going into a frenzy on this top and spreading all kinds of misinformation. He/she has made it practically a full time job.

[CharlesWayneCT]

The rationale is not given. In these cases, the criminals had finished their sentences and are out of prison. The pardons are to clear their record, usually because they want to be allowed to vote, or want a job or a clearance or a right that is withheld from convicted felons.

Usually it's initiated because of that need, and the justice department does an investigation to see if the pardon is warranted.

Bush by all accounts treats this as a matter for his justice department, and has no personal requests for pardons in the mix, unlike the way Clinton ran his pardons.

Drug offenses are ripe for pardons because there are so many of them and they often are non-violent offenses.