To pardon or not to pardon?

By Michael J.W. Stickings

For an excellent post on why convicted felon Scooter Libby should neither be pardoned nor have his sentence commuted, see The Anonymous Liberal.

Key passage: "A careful, sympathetic, conscientious jury convicted Libby beyond a reasonable doubt on four felony counts. He showed zero contrition and was therefore sentenced in accordance with federal guidelines and practice. If that's the sort of injustice that warrants a presidential pardon, then we might as well just empty the federal prisons and grant amnesty to every federal inmate."