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A NYT front-page story based on those same documents paints a diametric picture, reporting that Justice took extraordinary steps to maximize the terrorists' chances for clemency, including the highly unusual step of making their applications for them and having supporters persuade them to write statements of repentance.
The Puerto Rican terrorists go free, and not only is she proven utterly powerless to stop them, but most people suspect that she was responsible for the clemency offer in the first place.
The Texas governor can't grant clemency to a death-row prisoner, although he can grant a 30-day reprieve until a state board reviews the prisoner's plea.
"On execution night, do you ever pick up a six pack and head down to the pen, to taunt the condemned and mock them when they beg for clemency?"
The WP sets the clemency dustup inside a broader context, noting that while Congress is investigating the FALN clemency, it is also probing the Clinton administration's role in Russian banking improprieties, as well as the possibility of a cover-up about its conduct in the Waco confrontation.