[hoppity]

I heard one of their wives on the radio, and they wanted commutations, not pardons. They said accepting a pardon would have been an admission of guilt, and they still plan on fighting the conviction.

[Girlene]

Thanks for the info, hoppity. Now they can fight their conviction! Good deal.

[mkjessup]

I heard one of their wives on the radio, and they wanted commutations, not pardons. They said accepting a pardon would have been an admission of guilt, and they still plan on fighting the conviction.

I believe the wife in question may have been poorly advised on that, as I recall in the Scooter Libby case, when Libby's sentenced was commuted, it became apparent after the fact that the reason Libby would ultimately decide NOT to appeal the conviction was because of the risk that if the appeal failed, he could find himself behind bars and the previous granted commutation would be worth nothing more than toilet paper.

Nobody wants a felony conviction on their record, that is true. But preferring commutation over a pardon in hopes of having the original conviction overturned is little more than a crap shoot, imho.

[Pelham]

“They said accepting a pardon would have been an admission of guilt, and they still plan on fighting the conviction.”

Interesting.