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Commutations such as Libby’s are rare, Justice official says

Convicted criminals rarely avoid prison by having their sentences commuted the way President George W. Bush spared Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the Justice Department’s top attorney on pardons told lawmakers. Roger Adams, a career official, told the House Judiciary Committee that under agency guidelines, inmates can apply for such clemency only after they report to prison and ...

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