Wednesday, February 04, 2015

The 50-year-old pardon: Obama picks safe clemency cases

USA Today reports:
Of the 64 pardons President Obama has granted over six years, half are for offenses that happened before 1989. Six are from the 1960s.

On average, 23 years have elapsed between the sentencing date and the day Obama has granted a pardon or commutation — an all-time high. A century ago, three or four years was the norm.
Imagine if they were illegals.