Hey....what was a few favors between Rhodes Scholars? THIS is how much Democrats respect laws against child molesters. I heard NOT one Democrat complaining about this pardon of Clinton in February of 2001 either. But maybe there are some now who would like to say how disgusted they were then.



Ex-Chicago Congressman Mel Reynolds Returns After Clinton Commutes Prison SentenceFormer Illinois Democratic congressman Melvin J. Reynolds
Jet, Feb 12, 2001

recently was released from a federal correctional facility in North Carolina to a Salvation Army halfway house in Chicago after President Bill Clinton commuted his sentence hours before he left office.

Reynolds was among the 176 people who received commutations and pardons during Clinton's last day as president.

When he arrived in Chicago with his wife and children, Reynolds told reporters he would spend time "reflecting, refueling and job hunting because I must, once again, become the breadwinner for my family."

Reynolds resigned from Congress in 1995 after a state court convicted him of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer. He served 2 1/2 years in prison for the crime. Two years later Reynolds was sentenced to a 6 1/2-year prison term on federal corruption charges, including wire fraud and bank fraud.

In November 1999 the former Rhodes scholar wrote a letter to Clinton and asked to be released from prison to a halfway house so that he could earn money for his family."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...99/ai_70696215

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Of course, what he was pardoned for wasn't the sexual misconduct. He had already served his time for that. Couldn't have been too serious if he got less than three years for it.

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every state is different, in Vermont a judge gave probation to someone who had sex with a 10 year old. The sentence doesn't necessarily reflect the crime.

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Obama The Naive: “To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.’’ The Iranian response? “The Great Satan now has a black face.’’

Fair enough. Doesn't change the main point, that he had served his time for that crime. What Clinton pardoned him for was a white-collar conviction. JP5's headline is, IMO, deliberately misleading.

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Reynolds was given a 5 year sentence for his original conviction on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. Then he was given an additional 6 1/2 years for 15 unrelated counts of bank fraud and lying to SEC investigators.

I think JP5's thread title should have been "Clinton commutes sentence of serial statutory rapist".

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You know I just can't deal with it anymore.

The stench of evil surrounding the left, those arch-hypocrite Democrats, its just too much for me.

There is really nothing anyone can do but pray. The evil of the left is fundamental, elemental, satanic, cosmic, infinate, and it is written in the bible that only God can defeat it in a big (BOOOM) Final battle somewheres. There really isn't anything anyone can do about it.

Agreed. The point is, though, that he served out his first sentence; sentences are reduced for good behavior all the time, and had nothing to do with Clinton. He served 42 months of a 78-month sentence on the bank fraud charges before Clinton commuted the rest of that sentence.

Commuted, not pardoned, by the way. Reynolds spent the rest of his sentence at a halfway house, and the convictions remain on his record.

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I think child molesters are the last ones who should have their sentences commuted. If they are in jail for other charges as well then all the better. So child molestation and bank fraud...why did he pardon this guy???

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Obama The Naive: “To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.’’ The Iranian response? “The Great Satan now has a black face.’’

Why do presidents pardon anybody? Really old crimes I understand. Crimes by people who have since made something of themselves, sure. But a lot of the pardons seem to involve people who are friends with someone with pull, or major party donors and the like.

Bush the Elder pardoned a major heroin trafficker and a bunch of bank fraud and embezzlement convicts.

For an interesting list, check out these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ates_president

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Would you mind explaining to me how Clinton pardoned anyone in Feb. 2001, given that his term of office expired Jan. 2001?

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BA, History/Political Science, Western State College of Colorado, 1984
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Marketing, City University of Seattle, 1993