The new head of the U.S. pardon office, the official responsible for vetting federal inmate applicants for presidential grants of clemency, was the key point person in connecting President Obama to Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers. Deborah Leff, currently a senior adviser to Attorney General Eric Holder, will take over the Office of the Pardon Attorney, the Justice Department announced yesterday. Also yesterday, the Justice Department announced six new guidelines for presidential pardon that will drastically broaden the number of those eligible among the prison population of non-violent offenders. The new guidelines will make it easier to pardon offenders convicted of long drug offenses under laws that were stricter at the time of conviction. Read more at wnd/2014/04/pardon-me-obama-bill-ayers-crack-cocaine/#IhokxPyb4EJctByP.99
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:09:17 +0000
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