Strenge Regeln für Strafumwandlung
am 06.07.2007 von http://www.jurabilis.de
Die sehr eilige Commutation in Sachen Scooter Libby ist - zu Recht - in aller Munde (siehe auch diesen Beitrag bei Volokh). Rechtsprofessor Tim Floyd (Mercer Univ.) verschickte Dienstag Abend an die Mitglieder seiner Fakultät folgende sehr interessante eMail:From: Timothy W. Floyd
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:46 PM
To: Law Faculty
Subject: President Bush and commutation
In March 2003, for the first and only time in my life, I went to the West Wing of the White House. At that time, I was representing a man who was scheduled to be executed by the federal government in less than three weeks. I had filed a request for commutation, asking the President to commute the death sentence to a sentence of life without the possibility of release. Department of Justice rules require that such a request be filed with the Office of the Pardon Attorney in DOJ. Although I had filed the request in December, we had not yet received any response.
While the commutation request was pending, I asked then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales if he would meet with me to discuss the case. (I knew that the White House Counsel was ultimately responsible for making a recommendation to the President on my request.) To my great surprise, he agreed and invited me to a meeting in his office. We met for over an hour. I was allowed to present my argument in some detail, and I answered many questions from Judge Gonzales. I was quite impressed that Judge …
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» Law Blog - WSJ.com : A Law Professor's Inside Take on Bush's Commutation Policy
Tim Floyd (pictured, center), a law professor at Mercer University, emailed his fellow faculty members Tuesday night. (Hat Tip: Legal Ethics Forum Blog): From: Timothy W. Floyd Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:46 PM To: 'Law Faculty&#…
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