steveox
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Obama Pardons 17 Felons, First in His Second Term
WASHINGTON — President Obama issued pardons on Friday to 17 convicted felons, making the first use of his clemency powers in his second term. Their offenses were largely small-scale crimes many years ago, and 12 of the people had not been sentenced to serve time in prison.
As he has in past years, the president granted these individuals clemency because they have demonstrated genuine remorse and a strong commitment to being law-abiding, productive citizens and active members of their communities,” said Matt Lehrich, a White House spokesman.
Under the Constitution, the president has clemency powers to forgive convictions as a check and balance on the criminal justice system. For a felon who is already out of prison, a pardon can mean erasing the stigma and negative consequences associated with a criminal history, like restrictions on gun ownership, certain licenses and doing business with the government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/u...-17-felons-first-in-his-second-term.html?_r=0
This is what Democrats do. They pardon criminals and tax evaders. Just like Bill Clinton pardon MARC RICH the Billionare who owe the IRS over a million dollars and you say Democrats really want to tax the rich? Wasnt Bill Clinton who said in his campaign speech he wants to tax everybody whos making over $250,000 a more? He lets a Billionare off the hook who owe back taxes and he vetoes the Welfare bill that the GOP passed in 1995. And get this his widow Denise Rich gave up her American citizenship so she can escape from the IRS.
http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/07/10/why-denise-rich-gave-up-u-s-citizenship/
WASHINGTON — President Obama issued pardons on Friday to 17 convicted felons, making the first use of his clemency powers in his second term. Their offenses were largely small-scale crimes many years ago, and 12 of the people had not been sentenced to serve time in prison.
As he has in past years, the president granted these individuals clemency because they have demonstrated genuine remorse and a strong commitment to being law-abiding, productive citizens and active members of their communities,” said Matt Lehrich, a White House spokesman.
Under the Constitution, the president has clemency powers to forgive convictions as a check and balance on the criminal justice system. For a felon who is already out of prison, a pardon can mean erasing the stigma and negative consequences associated with a criminal history, like restrictions on gun ownership, certain licenses and doing business with the government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/u...-17-felons-first-in-his-second-term.html?_r=0
This is what Democrats do. They pardon criminals and tax evaders. Just like Bill Clinton pardon MARC RICH the Billionare who owe the IRS over a million dollars and you say Democrats really want to tax the rich? Wasnt Bill Clinton who said in his campaign speech he wants to tax everybody whos making over $250,000 a more? He lets a Billionare off the hook who owe back taxes and he vetoes the Welfare bill that the GOP passed in 1995. And get this his widow Denise Rich gave up her American citizenship so she can escape from the IRS.
http://blogs.wsj.com/totalreturn/2012/07/10/why-denise-rich-gave-up-u-s-citizenship/