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HoneyBadger

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3. Never heard of him

Reply to cloudythescribbler (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 08:28 PM

Jan 2017

But Googled. He seems violent. What is the rationale behind the commutation? Mercy due to age?

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Obama Commutes Sentence for Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera [View all] cloudythescribbler Jan 2017 OP

Great choice. dalton99a Jan 2017 #1

Clinton offered him clemency 17 1/2 years ago but he refused because of the conditions attached. rug Jan 2017 #2

I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the link still_one Jan 2017 #7

From _The Guardian_: tblue37 Jan 2017 #9

Odd, the conditions listed dont sound to outlandish I wonder why he refused cstanleytech Jan 2017 #20

Never heard of him HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #3

I wish he'd do the same for Leonard Peltier. catbyte Jan 2017 #4

Yep n/t Uponthegears Jan 2017 #6

Leonard Peltier Deserves to Be Home with His Family McKim Jan 2017 #19

I wish he'd do the same for the entirety Uponthegears Jan 2017 #5

Can Trump undo them? LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #8

No, I am pretty sure he cannot. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #10

No, there is not angrychair Jan 2017 #11

Great. Now Leonard Peltier. nt. tomp Jan 2017 #12

That's the one I'm curious over Lithos Jan 2017 #13

you won't get a better explanation than by reading In the Spirit of Crazy Horse... tomp Jan 2017 #15

well we got the blowback, might as well pardon him. mopinko Jan 2017 #17

As you say. As for "seditious conspiracy" and FBI, Hortensis Jan 2017 #18

How is he a political prisoner? nycbos Jan 2017 #14

Between this and Manning NobodyHere Jan 2017 #16

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