Justice Department Administration of the President's Pardon Power: A Case Study in Institutional Conflict of Interest

Love, Margaret Colgate

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“…Among the topics addressed here will be the possibility of restructuring the clemency review process, a popular subject among legal scholars both before and after Trump. Former pardon attorney Margaret Colgate Love has spent years tracking the way that the Department of Justice handles its clemency responsibilities (Love 2010(Love , 2015(Love , 2021. Law professors Rachel Barkow and Mark Osler (2015) are dissatisfied with the status quo and have advocated for extensively reforming the clemency screening process.…”

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President Trump's Clemency Record: Extraordinary or Just Ordinary?

Crouch

2022

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Was President Donald J. Trump's use of the clemency power extraordinary or just ordinary? Does his record of pardons and commutations suggest that extensive reforms are needed? In this article, I take a close look at Trump's clemency record and the questions raised by his actions. I conclude by considering whether any aspects of the clemency power's review process require revision in the wake of the Trump administration.

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President Trump's Clemency Record: Extraordinary or Just Ordinary?

Crouch

2022

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“…26 The new arrangement was formalized under President Reagan, and the Office of the Pardon Attorney was both figuratively and literally pushed out, "sent packing to a remote Maryland suburb." 27 The overall effect of presidents not wanting to invite criticism for helping criminal offenders and the devaluing of the pardon attorney's office became especially apparent under President Bill Clinton.…”

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