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  • Too Much Mercy (Washington Compost Editorial Slams Libby Scooter Commutation Alert)

    07/02/2007 11:11:21 PM PDT · by goldstategop · 11 replies · 493+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 07/03/2007 | The Washington Compost Editorial Board
    N COMMUTING I. Lewis Libby's prison sentence yesterday, President Bush took the advice of, among others, William Otis, a former federal prosecutor who wrote on the opposite page last month that Mr. Libby should neither be pardoned nor sent to prison. We agree that a pardon would have been inappropriate and that the prison sentence of 30 months was excessive. But reducing the sentence to no prison time at all, as Mr. Bush did -- to probation and a large fine -- is not defensible. Mr. Libby was convicted in March on charges of perjury, making false statements and obstruction...