Read more presidential pardon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2652/presidential-pardon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:02:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65159/cheneys-libby-crusade-strained-ties-with-bush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDick Cheney pursued a pardon for former aide Scooter Libby so doggedly in his final days in office that he pushed the bounds of his 9-year relationship with George Bush, reports Time . It wasn't so much a political issue as a moral "crusade" for Cheney, write Massimo Calabresi and Michael...http://www.newser.com/story/65159/cheneys-libby-crusade-strained-ties-with-bush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:29:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55095/mccain-asks-obama-to-pardon-boxing-champ.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain has introduced a resolution requesting a posthumous presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, the LA Times reports. Johnson suffered what McCain calls a “racially motivated conviction” in 1913 for dating a white woman. Prosecutors said he’d violated the Mann Act, which...http://www.newser.com/story/55095/mccain-asks-obama-to-pardon-boxing-champ.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 5:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51036/cheney-furious-at-bush-for-not-pardoning-libby.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDick Cheney is furious that President Bush wouldn’t listen when he repeatedly pushed for a last-minute pardon for Scooter Libby, the New York Daily News reports. The ex-VP “went to the mat and came back and back and back at Bush” for a full pardon, said one close to Cheney....http://www.newser.com/story/51036/cheney-furious-at-bush-for-not-pardoning-libby.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 9:26:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49134/bush-rejected-pardons-for-milken-other-high-rollers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Bush formally denied pardons for several prominent politicians and businessmen on his last day in office, the Justice Department told the Los Angeles Times today. Among those whose pleas fell on deaf ears were Michael Milken, a businessman convicted of insider trading and stock evasion, and Randall Cunningham, a...http://www.newser.com/story/49134/bush-rejected-pardons-for-milken-other-high-rollers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 15:00:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48721/cheney-says-bush-erred-in-not-pardoning-libby.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDick Cheney believes disgraced former chief of staff Scooter Libby, convicted in the CIA leak investigation, deserved a pardon, the Weekly Standard reports. “He was the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice,” the former vice president said. “Obviously, I disagree with President Bush.” Bush’s decision has been ascribed to...http://www.newser.com/story/48721/cheney-says-bush-erred-in-not-pardoning-libby.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 17:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48571/sen-murkowski-asked-bush-for-stevens-pardon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Lisa Murkowski asked President Bush to pardon former Alaska Republican colleague Ted Stevens, the Anchorage Daily News reports. But Stevens would rather fight his corruption conviction in court, friends say, because he felt a pardon would taint his legacy. Murkowski wrote that she did not want to see Stevens,...http://www.newser.com/story/48571/sen-murkowski-asked-bush-for-stevens-pardon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 13:14:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48358/bush-commutes-sentences-of-former-us-border-agents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn his final acts of clemency, President Bush today commuted the prison sentences of two former US Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration. Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover...http://www.newser.com/story/48358/bush-commutes-sentences-of-former-us-border-agents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 12:56:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48330/handicapping-last-minute-bush-pardons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Bush has shown no inclination to go on a Clinton-esque pardon binge, but that won't stop Josh Gerstein of Politico from speculating. Here are the potential pardon/commutation prospects, and the odds: All CIA and military interrogators: Bush could make a big splash with a blanket pardon to anyone who...http://www.newser.com/story/48330/handicapping-last-minute-bush-pardons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 9:39:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48144/libby-deserves-bush-pardon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Simple justice” should compel President Bush to pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard . “Libby has either been punished far too severely for a very small offense,” writes Barnes “or he is an innocent man.” Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction—but not the actual...http://www.newser.com/story/48144/libby-deserves-bush-pardon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 16:16:01 CST