Libby post-clemency ruling [US DC]

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Libby post-clemency ruling [US DC]

July 12, 2007 03:45:00 pm

United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby, US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 12, 2007 [ruling that the President's commutation of Libby's prison term did not necessarily remove Libby's supervised release and entering into the record that the court is 'somewhat perplexed' by the President's determination that Libby's 30-month prison sentence was 'excessive']. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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