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Bill Olson asks: "Where was Mr. Robinson's outrage and condemnation when President Clinton lied under oath?" (Readers' Forum, July 13). What Doug Robinson said may or may not have said about Clinton is irrelevant. Clinton had a trial in the Senate and the prosecutors could not convince even a two-thirds majority to convict on perjury charges.
In Libby's case, 12 jurors were unanimous in convicting Libby of multiple charges of not just perjury but also obstruction of justice. Judge Walton sentenced Libby to the minimum penalty recommended under Federal Sentencing guidelines. These guidelines were supported as recently as June 1, 2007, by the Bush administration when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sought to "restore the binding nature of the sentencing guidelines so that the bottom of the recommended sentencing range would be a minimum for judges, not merely a suggestion." I guess Gonzales meant that they should be binding only on non-Bush administration officials.See the full content of this document
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