Clinton turned down 99.9 percent of the commutation requests until the day he decided to award clemency to the 16 FALN and Los Macheteros terrorists.
An organization calling itself Ofensiva '92 first submitted a clemency request for the terrorists to Clinton shortly after he took office.
On August 11, 1999, Clinton shocked the entire law enforcement community, the hundreds of victims of Puerto Rican terrorism, and the public by offering executive clemency to the Puerto Rican terrorists.
Clinton offered clemency despite the fact that his own Justice Department recommended against clemency nearly three years earlier in 1996.
Clinton did not see fit to grant the clemency request until after it became clear the release of the Puerto Rican terrorists had value to the political campaign of Hillary.
The immense political value of the clemency offer in boosting Hillary's Senate candidacy in the Puerto Rican community was apparent to the Clinton administration.
The hypocrisy of Clinton's generous clemency offer to the Puerto Rican terrorists who blew up buildings, set fires, and conducted shootings killing eight and wounding nearly 100 was underscored about a year earlier when he forcefully denounced similar terrorism.
An organization calling itself Ofensiva '92 first submitted a clemency request for the terrorists to Clinton shortly after he took office.
On August 11, 1999, Clinton shocked the entire law enforcement community, the hundreds of victims of Puerto Rican terrorism, and the public by offering executive clemency to the Puerto Rican terrorists.
Clinton offered clemency despite the fact that his own Justice Department recommended against clemency nearly three years earlier in 1996.
Clinton did not see fit to grant the clemency request until after it became clear the release of the Puerto Rican terrorists had value to the political campaign of Hillary.
The immense political value of the clemency offer in boosting Hillary's Senate candidacy in the Puerto Rican community was apparent to the Clinton administration.
The hypocrisy of Clinton's generous clemency offer to the Puerto Rican terrorists who blew up buildings, set fires, and conducted shootings killing eight and wounding nearly 100 was underscored about a year earlier when he forcefully denounced similar terrorism.
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