US President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday, including some convicted for drug crimes, fraud, or kickback schemes. In addition, Bush reduced the sentence of another man who had been convicted for dealing crack cocaine....
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Libby dropping appeal of perjury conviction in CIA leak case
A defense lawyer for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby said Monday that the former vice presidential chief of staff will drop his appeal of his conviction in the CIA leak case [JURIST news...
US District Judge John Bates Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against members of the Bush administration brought by Valerie Plame , the former CIA operative whose disclosed identity precipitated the 2003 CIA leak scandal [JURIST news...
Libby judge 'somewhat perplexed' at Bush characterization of sentence as 'excessive'
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton questioned President George W. Bush's determination that the 30-month prison sentence for former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was "excessive" and therefore appropriate for commutation...
House Judiciary Committee head presses White House on Libby clemency
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) urged the White House Monday to waive executive privilege concerning its decision to commute the prison sentence for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , saying that the...
President George W. Bush said Tuesday afternoon that, although he believed the jury verdict in the perjury case against former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby should stand, it was conceivable that he could...
US Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has questioned President Bush's classification of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's 30-month sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice as "excessive" , saying Monday that Libby's sentence "was imposed pursuant to the laws...
Bush commutes Libby prison sentence leaving fine and probation intact
US President George W. Bush spared former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from prison Monday, commuting his punishment to the $250,000 fine and the two years of supervised...
Grant of Executive Clemency, President George W. Bush, July 2, 2007 . Read the full text of the grant. Reported in...
United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 2, 2007 [rejecting a motion by former US vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to delay his prison sentence pending...
