There is no doubt that was the right thing to do.
Excerpt:
"A sense of proportionality argues in favor of eliminating Libby's prison term. This was an unusually harsh sentence for a first offender convicted of a nonviolent and non-drug-related crime. Sandy Berger, national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, was not sentenced to prison for sneaking documents out of the National Archives, destroying them and then lying to investigators. For his actions, Berger received no jail time, a fine one-fifth of that imposed on Libby and 100 hours of community service."
It's likely that Libby will ultimately prevail and become completely exonerated through the legal system.
Oh, one more thing....
Ignore the babble, dribble, drool and spew about the commutation that's out there in full force from every stripe of Dem/Lefty/"Progressive"/Nutroot you can imagine.
It's not worth wasting your time and energy.
Well, you know how I feel about people who lie.
ReplyDeleteBut this was the right thing to do at this time. I wouldn't call the $250,000 fine Scooter still has to pay (or the appellate battle he still has to fight) "skating".
We didn't see Slick Willie do any jail time.
Libby still carries all the penalties of a serious criminal conviction--fine, criminal record, probation, public stigma, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing dropped was the active jail sentence.
It seems appropriate in this case.