Word: pardon
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...clear yet what impact Hahn's attack ads had on the campaign - in particular, one attacking Villaraigosa for lobbying for a presidential pardon of a convicted drug dealer. But the weeklong ad campaign was so pervasive that it would have been hard for anyone living in L.A. not to see them. Villaraigosa has already said he regrets writing the letter on behalf of the drug dealer's family, but he's probably even sorrier about...
...that spent three months developing a plan under which his old friend and law partner, Vice President Gerald Ford, would assume the presidency if Nixon were to resign. Ford had no idea the plan existed. Appointed counsel to the new President, Buchen advised him on the controversial Nixon pardon. "I could see that he had already made up his mind," Buchen said later, "and it was my job to find out how he could do it, rather than whether he should...
...With both candidates sharing many of the same issues, the race may well come down to issues of character. And Hahn has targeted that issue head on, reminding voters that Villaraigosa lobbied on behalf of a convicted drug-dealer who was later pardoned by Clinton. Villaraigosa has charged that the ads are unfair, but Hahn says that they are accurate and he points out the first person to launch attack ads in this campaign was Villaraigosa. They've really gotten under Villaraigosa's skin, but they accurately represent what happened. He did write the letter (for the pardon...
...helping change minds. After three trials involving prosecutorial misconduct, Cook agreed to plead no contest to a reduced murder charge in exchange for his freedom. Two months later DNA test results came back proving semen found on the victim came from her married lover. Cook is seeking a pardon...
...GREECE The Pilgrim Pope Seeks Forgiveness Before he arrived in Greece Pope John Paul II was reviled by Greek Orthodox hard-liners as "the grotesque, two-horned monster of Rome." But protesters were disarmed by the frail Pontiff's entreaty for God's pardon of 1,000 years of Roman Catholic sins against the Orthodox Church. The Pope's six-day pilgrimage continued in Syria and Malta...