FYI-—This is not exactly on point but I think it’s safe to say Sarah doesn’t have a Huck problem.
House Bill 69 now makes it mandatory for the governor and the Board of Parole to work together to ensure any decision on clemency is based on a thorough review of the case, and made in deference to victims and their families.
“In a perfect world, this bill wouldn’t be necessary,” said Governor Palin. “Unfortunately, we all know why such legislation has come through with unanimous support and why I sign this bill without hesitation.”
In his final hours in office, Governor Murkowski granted an executive pardon to a company convicted of criminally negligent homicide. Whitewater Engineering Corporation pleaded no contest in 2001 to the charge in connection with the 1999 death of one of its employees. The pardon was granted on November 30, 2006. No one from the Murkowski administration notified the victim’s family of the request for clemency or that the pardon was granted.
HB 69 not only ensures that victims of crimes are notified of the governor’s intent to grant clemency but also allows them to become part of the process.
http://pardonpower.com/2008/08/alaska-palin-and-pardon-power.html
Interesting! I’d presumed Sarah didn’t have a Huck problem on the basis that I’d heard nothing on the subject and that the left surely would have yelped had there been anything they could distort into an issue. There was nothing on this in her book. I hadn’t realized she’d actually taken action to avoid the problem in her own and even future administrations. She keeps looking better! I hope the left misses this in their research and she clubs them with it.
Not concerned about that Thanksgiving turkey she pardoned going after someone? ;-)