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A big deal is being made in some circles about all of the presidential pardons that were issued by Bill Clinton before he left office. He did issue quite a few that he maybe should not have even looked at. So anyway, I checked up on our fearless leader to see what he has done in the pardoning arena and it would seem that Bush likes to pardon drug dealers. Did the United States stop it's war on drugs policy and not bother to tell anyone?
Out of 113 presidential pardons, 14 were pardons or commuted sentences for drug dealers.
As of December 21, 2006, President George W. Bush had issued 113 presidential pardons to people who have served their entire sentence, and has commuted in addition the sentences of three people.
I am not going to bore you with the entire list. You can click the Wikipedia link for that.
The order is alphabetical, the year is the date of conviction.
1) William Sidney Baldwin Sr. (1981 conspiracy to possess marijuana)
2) Marie Georgette Ginette Briere (1982 possession of cocaine with intent to distribute)
3) Harper James Finucan (1980 marijuana possession with intent to distribute)
4) George Thomas Harley (1984 aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine)
5) Patricia Ann Hultman (1985 conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and other controlled substance
6) Eric William Olson (1984 military conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute, possession, and use of hashish)
7) James Edward Reed (1975 marijuana possession with intent to distribute)
8) John Louis Ribando (1976 and 1978 marijuana dealing)
9) John Gregory Schillace (1988 conspiracy to possess cocaine for distribution)
10) Wendy St. Charles (1984 conspiracy to trade narcotics and cocaine distribution)
11) Jerry Dean Walker (1989 cocaine distribution)
Two commutations of sentence were granted on May 20, 2004.
1) Geraldine Gordon (1989 distribution of phencyclidine) (sentenced to 20 years plus 10 years supervised release; sentence commuted after 15 years, term of supervised release left intact)
2) Bobby Mac Berry (1997 conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, money laundering) (sentenced to 9 years imprisonment plus 5 years supervised release; sentence reduced to 6 and a half years, terms of supervised release left intact)
A commutation of sentence was granted on December 21, 2006
1) Phillip Anthony Emmert (1992 conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine) (sentenced to 21 years and 10 months plus 5 years supervised release; sentence reduced Feb. 21, 1996; sentence commuted to 15 years and 1 month plus 5 years supervised release)
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