The Justice Department announced Tuesday that President Bush has issued 15 new pardons and commuted one prison sentence. In total, President Bush has issued 157 pardons and six commutations.
The pardons announced Tuesday were for:
*William L. Baker of Spokane, Wash. Offense: Distribution of a controlled substance; falsifying records. Sentenced July 15, 1980, in Wyoming to 24 months imprisonment, one year special parole.
*George Francis Bauckham of Oak Ridge, N.J. Offense:Unlawful detention, delay and secretion of mail by a postal employee. Sentenced May 16, 1958, in New Jersey to five years probation and $100 fine.
*Kenneth Charles Britt of White City, Kansas. Offense: Conspiracy to violate federal and state fish and wildlife laws. Sentenced Nov. 12, 1998, in Kansas to three years probation and restitution of $8,250.
*William Bruce Butt of London, Ky. Offense: Bank embezzlement. Sentenced June 20, 1990, in Kentucky to three years probation.
*Mariano Garza Caballero of Brownsville, Texas. Offense: Dealing in firearms without a federal firearms license. Sentenced Nov. 1, 1984, in Texas to 34 days imprisonment, four years probation, and a $1,000 fine.
*Anthony C. Foglio (aka Tony Foley) of Santee, Calif. Offense: Distribution of marijuana. Sentenced Oct. 15, 1996, in West Virginia to three years probation.
*Marvin Robert Foster of Boca Raton, Fla. Offense: False statement in connection with a Federal Housing Administration loan. Sentenced Jan. 19, 1968, in Rhode Island to one year probation and a $3,500 fine.
*Carl Harry Hachmeister of Denton, Texas. Offense: Conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Sentenced Jan. 22, 1985, in Utah to three years probation and $39,330 restitution.
*William Marcus McDonald of Wetumpka, Alabama. Offense: Distribution of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, use of cocaine, possession of cocaine, use of marijuana. Sentenced May 2, 1984, by U.S. Air Force general court-martial convened at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., to four years confinement at hard labor, forfeiture of $300 pay per month for four years, reduction in rank to basic airman, and a bad conduct discharge.
*Robert Michael Milroy of Cinnaminson, N.J. Offense: Importation of heroin. Sentenced April 2, 1975, in seven and a half years imprisonment, six years special parole, and three years probation.
*Jerry Lynn Moldenhauer of Colorado Springs, Colo. Offense: Knowingly selling migratory bird parts in violation of Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Sentenced Sept. 19, 1994, in Colorado to three years probation and $1,000 fine.
*Thomas Donald Moldenhauer of Colorado Springs, Colo. Offense: Knowingly selling migratory bird parts in violation of Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Sentenced Sept. 19, 1994, in Colorado to three years probation and $1,000 fine.
*Richard James Putney (aka Richard James Putney Jr.) of Woodbridge, Va. Offense: Aiding and abetting the escape of a prisoner. Sentenced Sept. 16, 1996, in West Virginia to one year of probation and a $100 fine.
*Timothy Alfred Thone of Woodbury, Minn. Offense: Making a false statement to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain a mortgage loan. Sentenced Sept. 18, 1987, in Minnesota to two years probation, $1,500 fine.
*Lonnie Edward Two Eagle Sr. of Parmelee, S.D. Offense: Simple assault committed on an Indian reservation (misdemeanor). Sentenced Oct. 6, 1976, in South Dakota to two years probation.
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whats with Pollard????
What about Jonathan Pollard?
what point is there in pardoning a person that finished his penalty and/or jail time years ago?
Coulda sworn I didn’t see Pollard on the list…@#$%^&
What about Yonoson Pollard? If Bush is a true friend of Israel he should pardon Pollard already.
Face the hard fact. Pollard knows something awfully embarrassing or incriminating regarding VIP in the USA. Everything that has ever happened regarding his case points to that. It is quite apparent that the USA has relayed to Israel not to bother. Nothing short of a nes will ever allow him to see the light of day… Acheinu kal Bais Yisroel….
“If Bush is a true friend of Israel he should pardon Pollard already.”
Totally and completely disagree.
One has nothing to do with the other. If Israel would have been such a good friend to Amrica they wouldn’t have been spying (that is what is going through their heads) Espionage is a huge offence in this country.
Clinton issued 457 pardons in eight years but that’s ok.
President Bush pardons 157, and libs complain.
Actually, Pollard’s sentence should be commuted. He should not be pardoned. He did break the law and pleaded guilty to a felony. The fact that he may have been railroaded at his sentencing doesn’t eliminate the fact that he did plead guilty to the crime of passing classified information.
The Wolf
what about Jack Abramoff?
Also, I find it a bit odd that pardons/commutations are being done now. Aren’t they usually done around Christmas time?
The Wolf
#6 – I totally agree with you.
#7 – It is clear that you have limited or no knowledge of Pollard’s crime. I advise doing some research before you make comments like that.
#9 – There have been spies whose crimes pale Pollard’s in comparison and yet did much less time; as little as 5 years. As far as my knowledge there is not a case in American history that compares to the injustice done to Pollard. It is nothing less that a crime by the American government! The only conclusion that I can come up with is what #6 said. He must know something that they don’t want leaked.
the fact that pollard is still in jail is ISRAELS FAULT AND NO ONE ELSE’S ! if any prime minister in this country had any guts he would have demanded his release in exchange for signing any one of the dozen or so retarded agreements we made with those arab terrorists with any u.s. president in attendance! the fact that he is sitting is almost as embarassing as the fact that our soldiers still aren’t home!!!
intersting — most of these pardons / clemencies are for “paperwork”-like issues — just like pollard!
to Abisselsaichel:
the israeli govt is not pusing for pollard, cause they know the minute he gets released, he takes a plane to israel, runs for knesset — and he’ll probably get in!!! without a party! and they dont want that! they want their volvo’s!
to wolf:
same thing, in this case. just a technicality.
also, i think this is near w’s birthday — remember the rashi — “b’yom huledet et paroh”
to charliehall:
pardons/clemencies do NOT require an “application” which pollard does not want to do for reasons discussed on his web site.
#9 – There have been spies whose crimes pale Pollard’s in comparison and yet did much less time; as little as 5 years. As far as my knowledge there is not a case in American history that compares to the injustice done to Pollard. It is nothing less that a crime by the American government!
Softwords — you missed my point completely. I *agreed* that his sentence should be commuted. I don’t think, however, that he deserves a pardon. The difference is that a commutation lets him out of jail, while a pardon expunges the criminal record. I don’t think his criminal record should be expunged. He broke the law and paid dearly for it. The fact that he served more time than others doesn’t change the fact that he *did* break the law and *deserves* to have the criminal record.
The Wolf
Does Pollard receive no visitors that he can tell his “incriminating secret” to? How exactly does keeping him locked up to keep him quiet make sense? Sounds like a poorly thought out conspiracy theory.
Pollard is guilty 100%. However, he is being held longer than any traitor of comparable guilt in US history. The Walker family, who did real damage to the US got out long ago. He is being persecuted for being a Jew spying for Israel. the one thing that bothers me personally about Pollard is that he took money for his services. If he would have done it “lishmoh” I would have had more respect for him.
Most of these pardons are just for people who want their names cleared. They petition their elected official who as a favor gets it to the White House etc.., Most of them are no big deal for anybody, besides the one who’s name is cleared.
Hey plonie, everyone needs parnassah.
To my dear #6, #7, #9, #11, #13, #16, #18, and everyone else in between: What are you talking about?
1st of all, Pollard didn’t commit a crime. Period. He gave over information to Israel that the US was legally required to give to them, under agreement. It was the US government that was in violation of their own agreement.
As far as his imprisonment, he never had a fair trial. They agreed to a plea bargain. A plea bargain means that you “admit” to a smaller crime than you are actually being committed of, in exchange for a lighter punishment. (The purpose of such a arrangement is to avoid having a whole trial.) So he plea bargained. Yet the government never followed through on their half. The whole thing was a scandal.
At that point, he appealed, due to the lack of justice, yet they refused to honor the appeal. It was a modern day, fake trial, no more genuine than the trial of the 13 Yidden tried in Iran several years ago for allegedly spying against Israel.
How can anyone say that he desreves one thing or another without a trial with due process of law, an unbiased juror, etc.??! The most you could say is that he deserves to have a trial.
This is not to mention the atrocities that have been done to him, by the government and their cronies, since that mock trial. Solintary confinement, physical torture–yes physical torture, that’s not an exaggeration! Emotional torture! Complete violation of civil rights in an active and passive sense. When Arabs, known to be planning to blow this country off the map, or who know of other Arab friends who are planning to do so are under custody, we couldn’t entertain doing anything which has the most remote connection to torture. Better let them wipe this country off the map…
…Yet when this guy kept to the US’s own treaty, torture is perfectly legitimate?? The head of the CIA wrote a whole book of how he deliberately, and maliciously made every effort to pull strings behind the scenes to ensure that Pollard would never be released. He was the one who caused this whole thing, and he himself admitted to the scandal, and yet you say he deserves it???
The fact that he handed over the info to Israel was a huge embarrassment to America. It showed how they broke their own agreement with Israel. That’s why they have him locked up. Because he embarrassed them, so they want to get even with him. It all happened under the administration of Bush senior. So you can forget about our wondrous, honorable president pardoning someone for humiliating his father.
1st of all, Pollard didn’t commit a crime. Period. He gave over information to Israel that the US was legally required to give to them, under agreement. It was the US government that was in violation of their own agreement.
Yes, he did. Passing classified information to anyone is a crime. Whether or not Israel was legally entitled to the information (something that neither you nor I know for sure) is irrelevant. It was not Jonathan Pollard’s call to hand over the information.
He was charged with a crime and plead guilty. If he was railroaded in the sentencing, then *that* should be corrected. But that doesn’t change the fact that he still broke U.S. law.
The Wolf
#23: Why do you believe everything in the media? That he and his wife broke the plea bargain simply isn’t correct. The media likes to blame Pollard: he broke the plea bargain, he never applied for appeal, etc. The whole thing is ludicrous, simply a way of employing antisemitism. It was all a deliberate attempt to “get him.” If he is so clearly guilty then why is the memo incriminating him such a secret? The answer is because it really isn’t incriminating him. Schuck Schumer saw the memo, as well as others, and said that it doesn’t contain any information substantiating his guilt.
The Wolf – My apologies. Your right, I misunderstood you.
aConcernedYid – Thanks for your comment. I, in truth , was not in America and did not follow the case. My point really was only to state that he is receiving obvious unfair treatment and I believe that he is being held for other reasons than what he was accused of.