Despite calls from US President Barack Obama, the US State Department and Mexico on Texas for a last-minute reprieve, Leal was executed by lethal injection as scheduled on July 7, 2011. Birthplace: Monterrey, Mexico Joseph Paul Jernigan Dec. at 39 (1954-1993) Joseph Paul Jernigan (January...
he likely would have received a shorter sentence. After serving over 20 years in prison, President Obama commuted his sentence in 2015. Since then, Mr. Brown has worked
Illinois Senator Barack Obama = No biases ail main black orator. Rosie Perera with: Yasser Arafat bedridden in hospital = Arabs despair and identify last hero. Rosie Perera with: Secretary of State Colin Luther Powell = Can't sell war policy; therefore let's out. Rick Rothstein with: What ...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a military veteran and double amputee with a moderate voting record in the Senate Former Ambassador Susan Rice, whose record as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser could be both an asset and a burden Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of N...
In his speech, Biden said his administration expunged thousands of cannabis records, but his executive order used different language — it said he would issue pardons to people with cannabis offenses. It’s an important difference, because someone with an expunged record can say they do not ...
But let's be fair. Why limit these pardons to rock stars? Let's also pardon the many jazz artists who were arrested, convicted and handed overly stiff prison sentences in the '40s and '50s for possessing drugs. Their spirits and careers were badly damaged, and jazz missed out on large ...
until that point. He granteddozens morein December, but even if we get another 100, Trump will be far behind his immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, who granted 212 pardons and 1,715 communications, according to Pew. Of course, as a one-term president, Trump also had less ...
The future of Guantanamo under Biden Despite making it a focal point of his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama failed to close the camp during his tenure. By HANNAH WALLACE \ 12/23/2020 9:55:19 PM Naftali Bennett slams Netanyahu, declares he's running to become PM ...