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We beg his pardon: how the president forgives us our trespasses.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-FEB-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: We beg his pardon: how the president forgives us our trespasses.(FAQ: BRIAN D. SWEANY ON THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY)

Article Excerpt
President Bush recently granted a new batch of pardons. Were any Texans on the list? On December 21 the president pardoned sixteen people for crimes ranging from bootlegging to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Only one person was from Texas, a San Antonio home inspector named Mark Eberwine who had been convicted of obstructing the assessment of taxes and making false statements to a grand jury in 1985. Bush also commuted the sentence of an Iowa man who had been convicted on drug charges.

What's the difference between a pardon and a commutation? Both are forms of executive clemency. A pardon essentially equals forgiveness for one's crime, and it reinstates certain rights that we re lost as a result of the conviction, like owning a fire arm....

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