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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-03-07 11:43 AM
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Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald Questions Whether Equal Justice Prevails in Libby Case
Editor&Publisher: Fitzgerald Questions Whether Equal Justice Prevails in Libby Case
By E&P Staff
Published: July 02, 2007

CHICAGO Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the Republican-appointed federal prosecutor in the Plame/CIA leak case, released a brief statement tonight, after President Bush commuted the prison sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

It read: "We fully recognize that the Constitution provides that commutation decisions are a matter of presidential prerogative and we do not comment on the exercise of that prerogative.

"We comment only on the statement in which the President termed the sentence imposed by the judge as 'excessive.' The sentence in this case was imposed pursuant to the laws governing sentencings which occur every day throughout this country. In this case, an experienced federal judge considered extensive argument from the parties and then imposed a sentence consistent with the applicable laws. It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals. That principle guided the judge during both the trial and the sentencing.

Although the President’s decision eliminates Mr. Libby’s sentence of imprisonment, Mr. Libby remains convicted by a jury of serious felonies, and we will continue to seek to preserve those convictions through the appeals process.”

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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-03-07 11:47 AM
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1. Equal justice was just flushed down the toilet by Shrub*
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-03-07 11:54 AM
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2. Exactly. Short and sweet.
Wasn't it literally just last week that AG Gonzales was out proclaiming the importance of passing new law to make sentencing guidelines - which Libby was sentenced in strict accordnace with - even more binding on judges than they presently are?
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-03-07 02:05 PM
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3. You're right. Bush clearly believes that laws are only for the little people.
Laws don't apply to him and his buddies. x(
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-03-07 03:32 PM
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4. The Leona Helmsly defense
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