(05-05-2010 01:19 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: [ -> ] (05-05-2010 11:37 AM)smn1256 Wrote: [ -> ]Paterson is an A-hole.
Racist.
I'm not a racist, I hate him because he's blind.
I'm not sure I see how Paterson is subverting federal law.
As I understand it, the govenor has a right to pardon criminals convicted under his state laws. The rules for when a pardon should be issued are ambiguous at best and I believe the punishment being excessive for the crime is a not uncommon reason. So what he is doing is fully within his rights & responsibilities as a govenor.
(05-05-2010 01:41 PM)jh Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure I see how Paterson is subverting federal law.
As I understand it, the govenor has a right to pardon criminals convicted under his state laws. The rules for when a pardon should be issued are ambiguous at best and I believe the punishment being excessive for the crime is a not uncommon reason. So what he is doing is fully within his rights & responsibilities as a govenor.
Does a gubenatorial pardon typically expunge your criminal record, or does it simply take away the punishment doled out by the courts?
(05-05-2010 02:18 PM)DrTorch Wrote: [ -> ] (05-05-2010 01:41 PM)jh Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure I see how Paterson is subverting federal law.
As I understand it, the govenor has a right to pardon criminals convicted under his state laws. The rules for when a pardon should be issued are ambiguous at best and I believe the punishment being excessive for the crime is a not uncommon reason. So what he is doing is fully within his rights & responsibilities as a govenor.
Does a gubenatorial pardon typically expunge your criminal record, or does it simply take away the punishment doled out by the courts?
I believe a pardon expunges your record while a commutation means that yoou don't have to serve the rest of your sentence.
(05-05-2010 02:27 PM)jh Wrote: [ -> ] (05-05-2010 02:18 PM)DrTorch Wrote: [ -> ] (05-05-2010 01:41 PM)jh Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure I see how Paterson is subverting federal law.
As I understand it, the govenor has a right to pardon criminals convicted under his state laws. The rules for when a pardon should be issued are ambiguous at best and I believe the punishment being excessive for the crime is a not uncommon reason. So what he is doing is fully within his rights & responsibilities as a govenor.
Does a gubenatorial pardon typically expunge your criminal record, or does it simply take away the punishment doled out by the courts?
I believe a pardon expunges your record while a commutation means that yoou don't have to serve the rest of your sentence.
Your point is an interesting perspective. You ought to send that to the blogger, since he's a law prof.
He dropped out of the NY gov. race. He is under investigation. So, He is history. kaputt. A year after leaving office, he'll be selling pencils on a NY street corner. If he wants all the illegals to go to NY. It's fine with me, Let them live 10 illegals to a 150 sq ' Apt. NY could then become the mugging, kidnapping capital of the world. NY is bankrupt anyway. A moral wasteland to boot. It's doomed. Don't look back you'l turn to salt.