Durbin blasted Libby commutation, says that's 'dramatically different'

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Last year, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said commuting the prison sentence of vice presidential aide Scooter Libby would send "a terrible message." (link)

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Durbin Defends Ryan Commutation Effort
Published 12/4/2008 by The Huffington Post News Editors at The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Senator Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his decision to send a letter to President Bush urging the commutation of jailed former Governor George Ryan: "I did not quietly send a letter and slink away in the shadows," Durbin said during a news conference in Chicago on the foreclosure crisis. "I had a news conference and I answered all the questions and explained why I did it." Asked how he would explain his choice to the politicians-- including many of his fellow Democrats-- who have publicly disagreed with ...

Durbin Defends Ryan Commutation Effort
Published 12/4/2008 by The Huffington Post News Team at Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Senator Dick Durbin on Thursday defended his decision to send a letter to President Bush urging the commutation of jailed former Governor George Ryan: "I did not quietly send a letter and slink away in the shadows," Durbin said during a news conference in Chicago on the foreclosure crisis. "I had a news conference and I answered all the questions and explained why I did it." Asked how he would explain his choice to the politicians-- including many of his fellow Democrats-- who have publicly disagreed with ...