U.S. District Judge Gary Brown of the Eastern District of New York. Courtesy photo'Careless Execution' of Presidential Pardons Freed Convicted Sex Trafficker, US Judge Laments
U.S. District Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee, said “In less than a month, the federal courts have been inundated by more than 5,500 mass pardons and grants of executive clemency that seemingly bypassed the rigorous vetting processes developed over the last century.”
January 31, 2025 at 01:57 PM
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A Long Island federal judge has issued an opinion highlighting the “careless execution” of presidential pardon power which has now commuted the sentence of a convicted sex trafficker as part of a sweeping effort to free inmates serving time for non-violent drug offenses.
In the past, presidential pardons and grants of clemency “have generally been uncommon,” typically ranging between a few dozen to several hundred in any given year, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Brown of the Eastern District of New York writes.
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