“Is there a list of what the pardons and clemencies were for (broken down by type)? If not, this article is worse than useless.”
Why?
That should be obvious. It is the first question that I wanted answered when I started to read the article. The fact that it wasn’t is extremely disappointing. It defeats the entire purpose of the article. If you didn’t ask this question when you started to read this article, then you are way too gullible about political claims. As far as we know 698 of the pardons or commutations could be for parking tickets.