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The Clinton pardons, like Bush I's pardons (remember Cap Weinberger?) were mostly made at the end of their terms. This is a unique situation, coming a year and a half before the end of W's term.



Actually, he pardoned and commuted a great many sentences during his first term and at several stops along the way, here's a link to a credible source for those who care to read about the frauds, crack distributors, armed bank robbers, car thieves, and so many more...

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm

For those wanting to see the commutations made by Clinton, and there were a lot of them too, here's another link:

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clinton_comm.htm

I still don't like the practice, regardless of the guy in office doing it, but the slight of hand brushing off by Bush-haters requires some balance...

And to be fair, here's a link to Bush Sr's pardons, albeit a bit shorter, he was in office half as long as Clinton:

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/bushgrants.htm

Closing out, here are links to the statistics of Presidential clemency from 1900 to 2001:

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/actions_fiscal.htm

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/actions_administration.htm
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