SkinBasket
12-17-2008, 04:26 PM
And can suck my cock. This guy serves less than 7 years on a 20 year sentence after some thought he should be executed as a traitor and he wants out?
Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh seeks Bush pardon in killing of CIA agent from Alabama
Posted by Associated Press and Birmingham News November 28, 2008 3:06 PM
WASHINGTON -- Historically stingy with granting pardons, President George W. Bush is facing a flood of requests on his way out of the White House.
Among the more than 2,000 people who have applied is American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh, who is asking for a shortened sentence.
Lindh pleaded guilty to one federal charge in a plea agreement in July 2002.
The nine charges originally filed against him included a murder conspiracy role in the slaying of Americans such as of CIA agent Johnny Michael Spann, 32, of Winfield, Ala., who was killed in a Nov. 21, 2001, uprising at an Afghan prison where Lindh and others had been sent after their capture.
Spann and another CIA agent had interrogated Lindh, who wouldn't talk, shortly before the uprising.
Lindh in the plea agreement said he would cooperate with questioning by federal agents. In return he received a maximum 20-year sentence. Lindh sought a commutation in 2007 but the request was rejected by the Justice Department.
Last week, Bush issued 14 pardons and commuted two sentences -- all for small-time crimes such as minor drug offenses, tax evasion and unauthorized use of food stamps. That brought his eight-year total to 171 pardons and eight commutations granted.
That is less than half as many as President Bill Clinton or President Ronald Reagan issued. Both were two-term presidents, like Bush.
A pardon is an official act of forgiveness that removes civil liabilities stemming from a criminal conviction. A commutation reduces or eliminates a person's sentence.
One Washington lawyer whose clients are directly pursuing the White House for pardons -- rather than applying to the Justice Department -- said Bush is expected to issue two more rounds of pardons: one right before Christmas, as is customary, and one right before he leaves office on Jan. 20.
Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh seeks Bush pardon in killing of CIA agent from Alabama
Posted by Associated Press and Birmingham News November 28, 2008 3:06 PM
WASHINGTON -- Historically stingy with granting pardons, President George W. Bush is facing a flood of requests on his way out of the White House.
Among the more than 2,000 people who have applied is American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh, who is asking for a shortened sentence.
Lindh pleaded guilty to one federal charge in a plea agreement in July 2002.
The nine charges originally filed against him included a murder conspiracy role in the slaying of Americans such as of CIA agent Johnny Michael Spann, 32, of Winfield, Ala., who was killed in a Nov. 21, 2001, uprising at an Afghan prison where Lindh and others had been sent after their capture.
Spann and another CIA agent had interrogated Lindh, who wouldn't talk, shortly before the uprising.
Lindh in the plea agreement said he would cooperate with questioning by federal agents. In return he received a maximum 20-year sentence. Lindh sought a commutation in 2007 but the request was rejected by the Justice Department.
Last week, Bush issued 14 pardons and commuted two sentences -- all for small-time crimes such as minor drug offenses, tax evasion and unauthorized use of food stamps. That brought his eight-year total to 171 pardons and eight commutations granted.
That is less than half as many as President Bill Clinton or President Ronald Reagan issued. Both were two-term presidents, like Bush.
A pardon is an official act of forgiveness that removes civil liabilities stemming from a criminal conviction. A commutation reduces or eliminates a person's sentence.
One Washington lawyer whose clients are directly pursuing the White House for pardons -- rather than applying to the Justice Department -- said Bush is expected to issue two more rounds of pardons: one right before Christmas, as is customary, and one right before he leaves office on Jan. 20.