Federal Presidential Pardon» liquid cocaine http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com A Study of Noteworthy Presidential Pardons Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 John Edward Forte http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2009/11/23/john-edward-forte/ http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2009/11/23/john-edward-forte/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:44 +0000 Brian J. Zeiger http://federalpresidentialpardon.com/?p=125 John Edward Forte is a grammy winning music producer who was caught at the airport with $1.4 million of liquid cocaine in a briefcase. He was convicted and sentenced to fourteen years. Forte has never accepted responsibility for the cocaine.

What makes this pardon odd, is that it does not fit the paradigm of George W. Bush’s pardons and commutations. Simply, W. didn’t pardon many folks at all. Why he pardoned Forte is somewhat mysterious. Bush did not grant a full pardon to Libby, or pardon Marion Jones, Michael Vick, or grant amnesty to any of the folks involved in the water-boarding scandal. Blows me away.

John Edward Forte

John Edward Forte

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