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‘Left, Right & Center’: Saving Mr. Snowden

Jan 4, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss The New York Times' call for clemency for Edward Snowden. National Review editor Rich Lowry, providing the perspective from the right, acknowledges that Snowden's case is "ambiguous," while insisting he broke the law.

Shades of Mercy: Presidential Forgiveness Heavily Favors Whites

Dec 4, 2011
To avoid repeating a scandal like his predecessor’s, George W. Bush gave career lawyers in the Justice Department far-reaching authority to choose who got presidential pardons. The result: Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a pardon, even when the type of crime and severity of sentence are taken into account.Whites are nearly four times as likely as minorities to win a presidential pardon.

No Clemency for Troy Davis

Sep 20, 2011
Despite worldwide protests and letters from the likes of President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and 51 members of Congress, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles ruled Tuesday morning that Troy Davis should die by lethal injection Wednesday.