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07-02-2007, 06:07 PM #1
Bush spares Libby from 2 1/2-year prison term!!
Bush spares Libby from 2 1/2-year prison term
President leaves fine, probation intact for convicted ex-White House aide
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19570081/
JULY 2007
BREAKING NEWS
Updated: 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak case.
Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.
"My decision to commute his prison sentence leaves in place a harsh punishment for Mr. Libby. The reputation he gained through his years of public service and professional work in the legal community is forever damaged," Bush said in a statement. "I respect the jury's verdict. But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive“In questions of power…let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” –Thomas Jefferson
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