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Argument: Argument thesis  Libby should not be pardoned for his crimes
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Node Text: Libby does not qualify under DoJ guidelines

"Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff does not qualify to even be considered for a presidential pardon under Justice Department guidelines.

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Those regulations, which are discussed on the Justice Department Web site at http://www.usdoj.gov/... would seem to make a Libby pardon a nonstarter in George W. Bush’s White House. They “require a petitioner to wait a period of at least five years after conviction or release from confinement (whichever is later) before filing a pardon application,” according to the Justice Web site.

Moreover, in weighing whether to recommend a pardon, U.S. attorneys are supposed to consider whether an applicant is remorseful. “The extent to which a petitioner has accepted responsibility for his or her criminal conduct and made restitution to ... victims are important considerations. A petitioner should be genuinely desirous of forgiveness rather than vindication,” the Justice Web site states."

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Node Created: coolgeek — 2007-06-06 18:21:02

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