The sad case of seafood importer (and now federal prison inmate) David Henson McNab may be the sort of thing Alexander Hamilton had in mind when he wrote of the presidential pardon power: “The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.” (Jonathan Rauch, “Pardon Libby? Maybe, But Not Alone”, National Journal, Mar. 30)(will rotate off free National Journal site, check then at author’s site or Reason).
Doing serious time for undersize lobsters
The sad case of seafood importer (and now federal prison inmate) David Henson McNab may be the sort of thing Alexander Hamilton had in mind when he wrote of the presidential pardon power: “The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of […]
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How does getting paid for a shipment aspects of which were illegal constitute money laundering? That seems like a gross distortion of the intention of the statute. Doesn’t money laundering require mens rea?