The power to pardon in Minnesota should be the governor’s – continued – a reprise

September 15, 2021

Judges always think they did it right

by Steve Timmer

The power to pardon in Minnesota should be the governor’s – continued

January 25, 2021

The pardon power is the ancient prerogative of the executive

by Steve Timmer

Crazy Uncle Jeff

May 13, 2017

Jefferson [Jackson Forrest Stuart] Beauregard Sessions III has concluded that we are entirely too lenient on non-violent drug offenders and that President Obama let a bunch of ’em — a lot of them black — get away, virtually scot-free after just a decade or two in the pen. Well, things are going to change under Jefferson [Forrest Stuart […]

by Steve Timmer

A Christmas Day homily

December 25, 2016

St. Thomas University Law School professor Mark Osler is recognized as a national champion in the cause for clemency for low-level non-violent offenders in federal prisons. A former Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit, he had ample opportunity to see the implementation of draconian sentences. He was a speaker at Drinking Liberally some months ago […]

by Steve Timmer