Pardon Attorney's Resignation Letter Describes 'Broken System' - Articles

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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 28, 2016

Former Pardon Attorney Deborah Leff said the Obama administration instructed Justice Department attorneys to “neglect applications for president pardons to give priority to the Justice Department’s initiative to release low-level offenders from prison.” The information was revealed in Leff’s resignation letter, obtained by USA Today. Leff added the initiative “means that the requests of thousands of petitioners seeking justice will lie unheard.”