Originally Posted By: the G-man

"Nonviolent offenders should not be serving hard time in our prisons. They need to be diverted from our prison system."-Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton


 Originally Posted By: Ray Adler
it's not the same thing. It's not a reform of laws that can apply to everyone blindly, it's bush …willing to abuse his power like no other president before him


How can you say its not the same thing, or that Hillary’s position is for “equal” reform, given that President Clinton granted executive clemency to 16 a Puerto Rican terror group that killed four people?

Even the ultraliberal New York Times said it looked politically motivated:
  • The suspicion is rampant that his motivation was a political effort to please the Puerto Rican community that is crucial to Mrs. Clinton's hopes in the coming Senate race from New York.


Given this, how can you claim that Bush's actions are unprecedented? Or assume that Hillary is somehow more morally or legally consistent?

Or is it simply your position that clemency should be reserved only for politcally connected murderers?