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Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency

Dec 4, 2024 | thenation.com | Rachel E. Barkow |Mark Osler

Politics / December 4, 2024 Hunter Biden and the Future of ClemencyBiden knows there is a better way to use it—other people’s children also deserve mercy. Ad Policy A November 29, 2024 photo shows US President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore while shopping in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 29, 2024.
Minnesota's case to put Coach Walz in as VP

Aug 1, 2024 | thehill.com | Mark Osler

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is a lot of things, but he is not a lawyer. That’s why it was a special challenge when he became, as governor, the leader of the Minnesota Pardon Board, which also includes the attorney general and the chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, both of whom are lawyers. That board was tasked with holding and deciding hearings in which petitioners for clemency would make their cases personally.
Opinion: Biden’s failures in criminal justice could cost him an election

Mar 26, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Mark Osler

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Opinion: Biden’s failures in criminal justice could cost him an election

Mar 26, 2024 | cnn.com | Mark Osler

Editor’s Note: Mark Osler is the Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas (MN), and a former federal prosecutor. The opinions expressed here are his own. View more opinion at CNN. On February 8, a bit of testimony at a Wisconsin legislative committee hearing finished up in about a minute. In that moment though, something was eloquently said that should chill the Biden campaign to the bone.
Opinion: Biden’s failures in criminal justice could cost him an election

Mar 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mark Osler

Editor’s Note: Mark Osler is the Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas (MN), and a former federal prosecutor. The opinions expressed here are his own. View more opinion at CNN. On February 8, a bit of testimony at a Wisconsin legislative committee hearing finished up in about a minute. In that moment though, something was eloquently said that should chill the Biden campaign to the bone.
Biden’s marijuana clemency grants are a small present in a big box

Jan 1, 2024 | thehill.com | Rachel E. Barkow |Mark Osler

An old gag that may have played out recently at a home near you is to put a big box under the Christmas tree, with a small present inside. Sometimes, it is a box in a box in a box; other times reams of craft paper hide the read present. It’s a real gift, of course, a showing of love or respect, but perhaps not what it seemed and below expectations. Most of President Biden’s Dec. 22 grants of clemency were a small gift in a big box.
The Forgotten Tradition of Clemency

Dec 16, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Mark Osler

The governor, attorney general, and chief justice of the state supreme court sat atop a wide dais at the front of the Minnesota Senate hearing room on a warm day in June of 2019. One by one, petitioners for clemency—almost always without a lawyer—came to the podium and made their pitch for a pardon, which would erase many effects of their criminal convictions.
The Forgotten Tradition of Clemency

Dec 16, 2023 | msn.com | Mark Osler
For Cape Pogue Beach Management, Status Quo Is a No Go

Nov 6, 2023 | vineyardgazette.com | Mark Osler

My extended family takes pride in our enduring ties to the Vineyard and the Chappaquiddick community. Our family history here is one of service and stewardship — past presidents of the Chappaquiddick Island Association, trustees and leaders of the Vineyard Conservation Society, members of the Edgartown town government. We are honored to be part of this close-knit community, where traditions and generational wisdom are valued and preserved.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Counterpoint: Moriarty's vision, not critics' fears, has been fulfilled

Oct 24, 2023 | startribune.com | Mark Osler

Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• When Mary Moriarty ran for Hennepin County Attorney in 2022, her opponent and other detractors were clear in stating the basis of their opposition: If Moriarty was elected, they said, crime would go up. The critics were wrong. Crime overall (and especially violent crime) has gone down in Hennepin County and continues to go down.