Historic Clemency Drive a Dud

The Justice Department's promises about clemency reached a snag. This seems to be another case of, "Give us credit; we tried to do the right thing." And the crowds cheer in their mass hypnosis. Al Jareeza reports "Ambitious effort to extend presidential clemency to thousands of inmates is at risk of stalling because of a legal snag." "I tried" and a dollar won't buy a bag of chips. Never has any presidential administration "tried" to do so much for Americans, particularly blacks, and actually accomplished so little. It is incredible. See an excerpt below.

Federal defenders potentially excluded from historic clemency drive

Six months after the Justice Department called on defense lawyers to help it identify and vet candidates for its clemency drive, there is concern that the federal defenders — whom the DOJ invited in as key partners — might never have been authorized to participate in the first place. This could leave the initiative without the manpower it needs.

A high portion of the potential pool of inmates is represented by the federal defenders, and they have been critical in the formation and operation of Clemency Project 2014, a coalition of defense lawyers and advocates created in the wake of the DOJ’s call. (The vast majority of those prosecuted in federal courts receive court-appointed lawyers; in districts where there is a federal defenders’ office, they generally handle 60 percent of those cases.)

"Federal defenders include some of the best courtroom and appellate advocates in the United States. Having them work with the Clemency Project 2014 has been important to the work we are doing,” said Mark Osler, director of the Federal Commutations Clinic at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, who has been training lawyers for the Clemency Project. “Losing them as a part of the coalition would be a significant challenge.” Read the entire article:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/7/25/federal-defenderspotentiallyexcludedfromhistoricclemencydrive.html

"I Tried"
http://youtu.be/q4EiBFUpFXg

Repeat of paragraph 1: The Justice Department's promises about clemency reached a snag. This seems to be another case of, "Give us credit; we tried to do the right thing." And the crowds cheer in their mass hypnosis. Al Jareeza reports "Ambitious effort to extend presidential clemency to thousands of inmates is at risk of stalling because of a legal snag." "I tried" and a dollar won't buy a bag of chips. Never has any presidential administration "tried" to do so much for Americans, particularly blacks, and actually accomplished so little. It is incredible.

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