Did it make you lose faith or respect or trust for the justice system here? Do you think there are millions of people locked up for long terms for doing a lot less harm than Libby did? What was the real reason Bush commuted his sentence? Will you ever get the same kind of break? Or anybody you are ever likely to meet?
2007-07-03 04:37:53 · 7 answers · asked by jxt299 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
this was not a witch hunt, the divulging of the identity of an agent is TREASON, which is a a high crime and all the more that it was done for political reasons,and bush, cheney and libby should all have been thrown in jail. thank you CHRISTIANS for caring so much more about what consenting gay adults do than about a president with integrity. this man's actions are all the more deplorable than Clinton's because of Bush's gall in hiding behind Jesus. The money changers have taken over the temple and their welcome to it!
2007-07-03 10:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I will likely never be in that situation. No, my opinion of the American justice system has not changed. I still think it needs to have some changes but I thought that before this and this has not effected my opinion.
There have been other clemency actions that have been questioned in the past also.
Presidential Clemency Actions, 1789-2001 -
"Clemency actions" include pardons, conditional pardons, commutations of sentence, remissions, etc
Franklin D. Roosevelt 3687
Woodrow Wilson 2480
Harry S. Truman 2044
Calvin Coolidge 1545
Herbert Hoover 1385
Ulysses S. Grant 1332
Lyndon B. Johnson 1187
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1157
Grover Cleveland * 1107
Theodore Roosevelt * 981
Richard Nixon 926
William McKinley * 918
Rutherford B. Hayes 893
Warren G. Harding 800
William H. Taft 758
Andrew Johnson 654
Benjamin Harrison 613
John F. Kennedy 575
Jimmy Carter 566
Bill Clinton 456
James Monroe 419
Gerald Ford 409
Ronald Reagan 406
Andrew Jackson 386
Abraham Lincoln 343
Chester Arthur 337
James K. Polk 268
John Tyler 209
James Madison 196
John Quincy Adams 183
Millard Fillmore 170
Martin Van Buren 168
James Buchanan 150
Franklin Pierce 142
Thomas Jefferson 119
George Bush 77
Zachary Taylor 38
John Adams 21
George Washington 16
James Garfield 0
William H Harrison 0
2007-07-03 04:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No it did not change my opinion of the American justice system. It remains the same. Power, and money will always win out.
But I wouldn't trade the American justice system for any other countries, except for Englands. Theirs is not perfect either, but besides America, and England we would all be up the creek.
2007-07-03 04:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No more than it did when Clinton pardoned over 300 criminals.
2007-07-03 05:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
LIbby did no one any harm. I believe the President did the right thing.
Please answer why Clinton pardoned these guys:
http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm
2007-07-03 04:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
No. My opinion changed when Slick Willy started pardoning imprisoned terrorists and wanted fugitives.
2007-07-03 04:45:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
he was the result of a witch hunt by the democrats , if we are comparing him to the normal American he would have never been to trial
2007-07-03 04:41:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋