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To: AGreatPer

Commuted is sort of like parole....You still have the conviction on your record, but your sentence is terminated.
Pardoned erases the conviction from your record, your voting rights are restored (I believe), and is like it never happened.


191 posted on 01/19/2009 10:26:22 AM PST by IMissPresidentReagan (As of 1/20/09, I have no President. I just pray in four years I still have a country.)
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To: IMissPresidentReagan

He did that to Libby right?


208 posted on 01/19/2009 10:35:00 AM PST by Fawn (Do you trust me? -- Jack Bauer)
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