Michael B. Mukasey, former U.S. Attorney General, and former U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of NY, and now of counsel with Debevoise & Plimpton, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings considering the appointment of William Barr to be the next U.S. Attorney General, on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Mukasey Joins in Call for Clemency to Undo Convict's 'Topsy-Turvy Result'
More than 130 former federal judges, former U.S. attorneys and law professors, including Michael Mukasey, former U.S. attorney general and Southern District of New York judge, requested clemency for Daniela Gozes-Wagner.
December 09, 2020 at 01:48 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
As President Donald Trump considers granting pardons and commuting sentences in the final month of his administration, a large group of former judges and U.S. attorneys—including Michael Mukasey, former U.S. attorney general and Southern District of New York judge—requested clemency for a woman they say received an unreasonably long sentence in Texas.
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