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New York Times piece, headlined Outside Trump’s Inner Circle, Odds Are Long for Getting Clemency, provides a useful reminder of who is largely being forgotten amidst Prez Trump s clemency largesse. Here are excerpts:
A vast majority of the people to whom he granted pardons or commutations had either a personal or political connection to the White House, and it appears that only seven were recommended by the government’s pardon attorney, according to a Harvard University professor who is tracking the process..
Many who have applied have little chance of clemency under any circumstances. But those with sentences they contend are excessive and people who have shown remorse and turned their lives around in prison are hoping for mercy.