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To: combjelly who wrote (925356)	3/9/2016 11:04:09 PM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Recommended By jlallen TideGlider Respond to of 1576901

Libby's 30 month prison sentence was commuted. His conviction, $250k fine and 400 hours of community service were not commuted. It was not a pardon.

To: combjelly who wrote (925356)	3/9/2016 11:27:09 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576901

Had he been pardoned he could probably have kept his law license. While Cheney pushed hard to get his friend a pardon, Bush refused. Bush commuted the jail sentence, saying it was too much for what he was convicted of. But he allowed the conviction to stand, which meant he would lose his license to practice law as well as suffer the other consequences. A pardon, like ones Clinton sold at the end of his term, essentially pronounces that a person is not guilty even if they were found guilty by a court of law.