The maximum penalty for perjury in the US is five years (also known as sixty months). Considering that he was not only convicted of perjury but of obstruction of justice regarding an act of treason, thirty months is hardly excessive.
The important point here is that Bush's cummuting of Libby's sentence is a direct interference in justice. That jail term was leverage that could have been used against Libby to force him to reveal the information he was concealing. Bush stepped in to make certain this hasn't happened.
I agree with Olbermann. This is Bush declaring that HE is the law and anyone who disagrees with it can take a long walk off a short pier. I doubt, however, that this will have any effect at all.
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The important point here is that Bush's cummuting of Libby's sentence is a direct interference in justice. That jail term was leverage that could have been used against Libby to force him to reveal the information he was concealing. Bush stepped in to make certain this hasn't happened.
I agree with Olbermann. This is Bush declaring that HE is the law and anyone who disagrees with it can take a long walk off a short pier. I doubt, however, that this will have any effect at all.
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