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List of Pardons by Bush

AP
Posted: 2007-12-12 08:00:56
Those President Bush granted pardons or a commuted sentence:

PARDONED

— James Albert Bodendieck Sr., of New Athens, Ill., convicted in 1959 of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.

— Jeffrey James Bruce, of Chandler, Okla., convicted in 1994 of possession of stolen mail.

— Charles Wayne Bryant, of Sautee, Ga., convicted in 1962 of theft of United States mail matter by employee.

— Carleton Gregory Carpenter, of Wayland, Mass., convicted in 1981 of making a false representation with respect to information required to be kept in the records of a person holding a federal firearms license.

— John Edward Casto, of Ripley, W.Va., convicted in 1990 of distribution of cocaine.

— Jackie Ray Clayborn, of Deer, Ark., convicted in 1993 of manufacturing marijuana.

— Debbie Sue Conklin, formerly known as Debbie Sue McAlevy, of Douglas, Wyo., convicted in 1990 of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

— Charles Richard Fennell, of Valencia, Calif., convicted in 1995 of false statement to a federally insured financial institution.

— John Fornaby, of Boynton Beach, Fla., convicted in 1991 of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

— Daniel Ray Freeman, of Douglas, Ga., convicted in 1963 of violation of Internal Revenue liquor laws.

— Thomas Dee Gandy, of Wichita, Kan., convicted in 1996 of mail fraud affecting a financial institution.

— Melton Harrell, of Cairo, Ga., convicted in 1976 of theft of government property and receiving stolen government property.

— Paul Dwight Hawkins, of Lafayette, La., convicted in 1990 of conspiracy to import marijuana.

— Roger Paul Ingram, of Round Rock, Texas, convicted in 1987 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute an analogue of a Schedule I controlled substance, Ecstasy.

— William Lucius Jones Jr., of Birmingham, Ala., convicted in 1972 of illegal possession of an unregistered firearm.

— William Charles Jordan, Jr., of Dover, Pa., convicted in 2000 of managing and conducting an illegal gambling business.

— Saul Kaplan, of Scranton, Pa., convicted in 1992 of violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act.

— Billy Joe LaForce, of San Antonio, convicted in 1991 of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute.

— Rudolph J. Macejak, of Morton Grove, Ill., convicted in 1986 of possession of an unregistered firearm.

— John F. McDermott, of Moretown, Vt., convicted in 1995 of receiving kickbacks in defense procurement contracts.

— William James Norman, of Tallahassee, Fla., convicted in 1970 of possession of an unregistered distillery, carrying on the business of a distiller without giving the required bond, possession and custody of a still without the required sign outside the premises, working at a distillery without the required sign outside the premises and unlawfully producing distilled spirits from mash and similar material.

— Glanus Terrell Osborne, of Dallas, Ga., convicted in 1990 of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

— John Gordon Smith, of Littleton, Colo., convicted in 1988 of false statement to a federal agency.

— Walter J. Sweeney, III, of Cincinnati, Ohio, convicted in 1993 of attempting to evade income taxes.

— Nancy Lynn Thompson, of Bainbridge, Ga., convicted in 1997 of embezzlement by a bank employee.

— Daryl Toney, of Montgomery, Ala., convicted in 1993 of misdemeanor theft within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

— Charles Eddie Trobaugh, of Whitleyville, Tenn., convicted in 1965 of liquor law violations.

— Samuel Lewis Whisel, of Boiling Springs, Pa., convicted in 1989 of aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of stolen goods.

— Steven Wayne Whitlock, of Sarasota, Fla., convicted in 1990 of conspiracy to import marijuana.

COMMUTED SENTENCE

— Michael Dwayne Short, of Hyattsville, Md., convicted in 1992 of aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine base.

Source: Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney

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LiIioska 05:07:07 PM Dec 12 2007

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LOOMISlTE 05:05:15 PM Dec 12 2007

Report This! NO CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNING UNDER THE GOP FLAG CAN BE TRUSTED; ALL AMERICA KNOWS THIS-YOUR RON PAUL WON'T MAKE IT TO 1ST BASE, AFTERALL HES A REPUBLICAN. NO GOP WILL EVER BE PRESIDENT FOR AT LEAAST 20 YEARS-BUSH HAS RUINED THE NAME OF THAT PARTY AND HE;LL BE REMEMBERED FOR LONG

Gsquadrent21 04:57:37 PM Dec 12 2007

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What about LEONARD PELTIER the falsley accused native american who was the scape goat for the fbi when two of its agents were killed, they have hard evidence of his innocence

Gsquadrent21 04:57:35 PM Dec 12 2007

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What about LEONARD PELTIER the falsley accused native american who was the scape goat for the fbi when two of its agents were killed, they have hard evidence of his innocence

Devmsc 01:48:23 PM Dec 12 2007

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What about the Boder Patrol Agents.

Unowho05 01:39:17 PM Dec 12 2007

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The Republicans sure disparate for votes

WTurn2128 12:14:00 PM Dec 12 2007

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The ones stealing the mail should have been executed.

HH ROAMS 11:11:00 AM Dec 12 2007

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DUBYA DIDN'T PARDON THE BORDER PATROL AGENTS BECAUSE HE IS SUCKING UP TO THE POTENTIAL HISPANIC VOTERS HOPING TO GET THEM TO VOTER FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE NEXT YEAR. IF HE HAD PARDONED THEM THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG OUTCRY BECAUSE THEY SHOOT A ILLEGAL ALIEN DRUG SMUGGLER IN THE ASS, HE TESTIFIED WAS LET GO WENT TO MEXICO AND NOW IS AGAIN UNDER ARREST FOR COMING BACK WITH DRUGS. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CLOSE THE BORDER---A MILLION TERRORISTS COULD COME ACROSS AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL THEY MADE AN ATTACK.

BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE AFRAID TO ENFORCE THE LAW, JUST TWO DAYS AGO A BORDER PATROLMAN WAS ATTACKED IN HIS HOME BY FOUR APPARENT ILLEGALS OR DRUG TRAFFICKERS!!!

HH ROAMS 11:04:00 AM Dec 12 2007

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AND FRED THOMPSON IF ELECTED WILL CERTAINLY ISSUE A PARDON TO HIS TWICE CONVICTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING (10 KILOS OF GRASS) WHO WAS A BIG CAMPAIGN DONOR WHO FURNISHED FRED A FREE AIRPLANE. DO YA THANK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DOPE ON THE PLANE HAULING FRED AROUND, OH YES THIS GUY WAS FRED'S CO-CAMPAIGN MANAGER ALSO.

DON'T YA THINK MAYBE A LAWYER, ACTOR, SENATOR AND CLAIMS TO TO BE ALL AROUND SMART/BORN-AGAIN/CONSERVATIVE/REPUBLICAN WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO SEE WHO THE GUY WAS WHO WAS FURNISHING HIS PLANE? FRED CLAIMED TO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DRUG DEALING AT ALL??? YOU THINK????

HH ROAMS 11:04:00 AM Dec 12 2007

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AND FRED THOMPSON IF ELECTED WILL CERTAINLY ISSUE A PARDON TO HIS TWICE CONVICTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING (10 KILOS OF GRASS) WHO WAS A BIG CAMPAIGN DONOR WHO FURNISHED FRED A FREE AIRPLANE. DO YA THANK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DOPE ON THE PLANE HAULING FRED AROUND, OH YES THIS GUY WAS FRED'S CO-CAMPAIGN MANAGER ALSO.

DON'T YA THINK MAYBE A LAWYER, ACTOR, SENATOR AND CLAIMS TO TO BE ALL AROUND SMART/BORN-AGAIN/CONSERVATIVE/REPUBLICAN WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO SEE WHO THE GUY WAS WHO WAS FURNISHING HIS PLANE? FRED CLAIMED TO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DRUG DEALING AT ALL??? YOU THINK????

HH ROAMS 11:04:00 AM Dec 12 2007

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AND FRED THOMPSON IF ELECTED WILL CERTAINLY ISSUE A PARDON TO HIS TWICE CONVICTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING (10 KILOS OF GRASS) WHO WAS A BIG CAMPAIGN DONOR WHO FURNISHED FRED A FREE AIRPLANE. DO YA THANK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DOPE ON THE PLANE HAULING FRED AROUND, OH YES THIS GUY WAS FRED'S CO-CAMPAIGN MANAGER ALSO.

DON'T YA THINK MAYBE A LAWYER, ACTOR, SENATOR AND CLAIMS TO TO BE ALL AROUND SMART/BORN-AGAIN/CONSERVATIVE/REPUBLICAN WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO SEE WHO THE GUY WAS WHO WAS FURNISHING HIS PLANE? FRED CLAIMED TO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DRUG DEALING AT ALL??? YOU THINK????

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