[Dean's World] Ron Coleman: Libby sentence commuted

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Posted by Ron Coleman:
Libby sentence commuted
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1183415689.shtml


   Hat tip to the left-wing loon who haunts my alumni email lists, but
   this time what he sent around is [1]true:

     President Bush commuted the sentence of former White House aide I.
     Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year
     prison term that Bush said was excessive. Bush's move came hours
     after a federal appeals panel ruled Libby could not delay his
     prison term in the CIA leak case.

     That meant Libby was likely to have to report to prison soon and
     put new pressure on the president, who had been sidestepping calls
     by Libby's allies to pardon the former chief of staff to Vice
     President Dick Cheney.

     "I respect the jury's verdict," Bush said in a statement. "But I
     have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is
     excessive. Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's
     sentence that required him to spend thirty months in prison.

   It was the right thing to do.

References

   1. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070702/D8Q4NGAO0.html