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(BREAKING) Appeals Court Refuses To Delay Libby Imprisonment
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| 02 JULY 2007
| AP
Posted on 07/02/2007 9:45:05 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: the Real fifi; Piranha; All
That’s good to know, if true. Piranha .... see post 49.
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posted on
07/02/2007 2:38:53 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
To: Laverne; onyx; Howlin; SE Mom; Grampa Dave; samadams2000; popdonnelly; ravingnutter; Fedora; ...
Shocking .. Scooter ~~PING! God bless him and his family.
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posted on
07/02/2007 2:40:20 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: STARWISE
Fox News is reporting President Bush will commute Libby’s prison term
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posted on
07/02/2007 2:45:24 PM PDT
by
Republican Red
(The word "courage" is not in the liberal vocabulary)
To: STARWISE
His sentence is being commuted.
64
posted on
07/02/2007 2:52:05 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: Bahbah
Just a commute... no Pardon. Bush has no guts.
65
posted on
07/02/2007 2:54:22 PM PDT
by
RachelFaith
(Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
To: RachelFaith
RF, this allows him to continue his appeal, which will allow him to clear his name if he is successful. A number of people have speculated that this is something he would want and that may well be.
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posted on
07/02/2007 2:56:03 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: VaBthang4
He didn’t break the law and he shouldn’t go to jail.
What’s your problem? Do you not want friends to support you when you get railroaded by a corrupt prosecutor and an idiot judge?
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posted on
07/02/2007 2:56:11 PM PDT
by
1L
To: DJtex
The president does not have that power.
68
posted on
07/02/2007 2:58:48 PM PDT
by
Melas
(Offending stupid people since 1963)
To: rockrr
69
posted on
07/02/2007 3:01:45 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
To: Melas
Correction. Should not have that power. This is it, I’m done with Bush as well. He’s lost me.
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posted on
07/02/2007 3:03:07 PM PDT
by
Melas
(Offending stupid people since 1963)
To: VaBthang4
He didn’t break any law. There was no case to investigate. It was all fabricated. You can’t obstruct an investigation into something when the guilty person had already confessed before the investigation even began.
If anything, Fitzgerald should be prosecuted for prosecutorial mishandling of a case.
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posted on
07/02/2007 3:06:28 PM PDT
by
Eva
(I)
To: RachelFaith
Just a commute... no Pardon. Bush has no guts. A pardon at this time would be tantamount to acknowledging that Scooter was guilty, then he's being "pardoned" or "forgiven" for his crime.
A commutation of sentence allows the appeal process to go forward all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary. Then, if he is found guilty, whoever is the president at that time can pardon him. God help Scooter (and all of us) if it's The She-Beast.
To: DJtex
The simple thing for Bush to do would be to commute the sentence to just the $250k fine. This would keep Scooter out of jail (always a good thing) but would allow the appeal to go forward. This is what Fitz and the judge do not want to happen. The appeal cannot end up making them look good. Regardless of what happens they will finally be on trial by Scooter’s team. You posted this nearly three hours before the announcement was made that GWB was commuting Scooter's sentence. Almost makes me think that GWB is a lurker, read your post, and agreed ;-)
To: DJtex
The simple thing for Bush to do would be to commute the sentence to just the $250k fine. This would keep Scooter out of jail (always a good thing) but would allow the appeal to go forward. This is what Fitz and the judge do not want to happen. The appeal cannot end up making them look good. Regardless of what happens they will finally be on trial by Scooter’s team. Good call.
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posted on
07/02/2007 3:22:55 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(Official Fred Head)
To: Melas
I have never seen a better example of why a President having the power to pardon is a GREAT thing. Libby was railroaded in a fishing expedition.
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posted on
07/03/2007 12:21:15 PM PDT
by
bigjoesaddle
("What we are making is a socialist utopia" - Jim Jones)
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