To: catman67
"Still waiting for Obama to commute the sentence!" You'd be waiting a long time. Mohamed was convicted in state court. As such, only the governor may commute his sentence. It's completely out of the President's hands, even Obama's.
14 posted on
11/09/2009 10:21:20 AM PST by
OldDeckHand
(Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
To: OldDeckHand
You'd be waiting a long time. Mohamed was convicted in state court. As such, only the governor may commute his sentence. It's completely out of the President's hands, even Obama's. I never realized that the President's power to pardon was limited to crimes against the United States. Thanks!
29 posted on
11/09/2009 10:29:54 AM PST by
Theophilus
(Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?)
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