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Article: Justice Department was bypassed
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2001
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Justice Department was bypassed
47 pardons never went through review process
By RICHARD A. SERRANO AND STEPHEN BRAUN
Los Angeles Times
Friday, February 9, 2001
Washington -- A third of those granted last-minute pardons or
commutations by President Clinton last month skirted the normal
Justice Department review process and instead appealed directly to
the White House in the waning days of his presidency.
According to documents obtained this week, 47 people -- nearly
twice as many as the two dozen originally reported -- were granted
presidential relief without applications first being fully examined
by the Justice Department's pardon attorney's office.
Most of them never filed normal clemency ...