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Guv Ritter pardons 20 lucky convicts

Outgoing Colorado governor Bill Ritter, the longtime hard-boiled Denver District Attorney, wrote pardons for twenty Coloradans, a list that includes forgers, burglars, drug dealers,...

Will Bush pardon Cheney & Co. on Christmas Eve?

Noting that George Bush Sr. pardoned the Iran-Contra clan on Christmas eve of 1992, Democrats.com is warning that his son could do something very similar Wednesday: pardon Dick Cheney and the rest of the administration officials who authorized and encouraged the torture and humiliation of “war on terror” detainees.