U.S. Dept. of Justice Press Release: Bush Grants Pardons to 11 Individuals

President Bush Grants Pardons to 11 Individuals

12/20/2005 5:10:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, 202-514-2008 or 202-514-1888 (TDD), Web: http://www.USDOJ.gov

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 11 individuals:

Carl Eugene Cantrell, Monteagle, Tenn.

-- Offense: Violation of Internal Revenue Service liquor laws; 26 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.

-- Sentence: July 25, 1967; Eastern District of Tennessee; three years probation.

Charles Winston Carter, Hanna City, Ill.

-- Offense: Conspiracy to steal property of the United States; 18 U.S.C. Section 371 and 641.

-- Sentence: Sept. 25, 1964; Southern (now Central) District of Illinois; two years probation.

Harper James Finucan, Charleston, S.C.

-- Offense: Possession with intent to distribute marijuana; 21 U.S.C. Section 841(a)(1).

-- Sentence: April 9, 1980; District of South Carolina; 39 months imprisonment; five years special parole.

Bobby Frank Kay, Sr., Suffolk, Va.

-- Offense: Operation of an illegal distillery; 26 U.S.C. Section 5174, 5606, 5216, 5686(b), and 7302.

-- Sentence: May 13, 1959; Eastern District of Virginia; two years incarceration; $1,003 fine.

Melvin L. McKee, Surprise, Ariz.

-- Offense: Conspiracy to make and cause the making of false statements in loan applications; aiding and abetting the making of a materially false statement in a loan application; 18 U.S.C. Section 371, 1014, and 2.

-- Sentence: May 17, 1982; District of Nevada; five years probation conditioned upon performance of 400 hours of community service and payment of a $2,500 fine.

Charles Elis McKinley, Pall Mall, Tenn.

-- Offense: Violation of Internal Revenue Service liquor laws; 26 U.S.C. Section 1185 (as in effect in 1950).

-- Sentence: June 5, 1950; Middle District of Tennessee; two years probation.

Donald Lee Pendergrass, Ramona, Calif.

-- Offense: Bank robbery by use of a dangerous weapon; 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d).

-- Sentence: Feb. 4, 1964; Southern District of California; 12 years imprisonment.

Charles Blurford Power, Fort Pierce, Fla.

-- Offense: Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle; 18 U.S.C. Section 408 (1940 edition).

-- Sentence: April 2, 1948; Northern District of Georgia; one year and one day imprisonment.

John Gregory Schillace, Hammond, La.

-- Offense: Conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute; 21 U.S.C. Section 846.

-- Sentence: May 11, 1988, amended Feb. 21, 1989; Eastern District of Louisiana; 20 months imprisonment; three years supervised release, as amended.

Wendy Rose St. Charles, Denver, Colo.

-- Offense: Conspiracy to conduct a narcotics enterprise, and distribution of cocaine; 18 U.S.C. Section 1962(d), and 21 U.S.C. Section 841(a)(1).

-- Sentence: Aug. 10, 1984; Northern District of Illinois; four years imprisonment; four years special parole; and four years probation, to run consecutively to the term of imprisonment.

Jimmy Lee Williams, Mesquite, Texas

-- Offense: False statement on a loan application; 18 U.S.C. Section 1014.

-- Sentence: June 26, 1995; Northern District of Texas; five years probation and $5,000 fine.

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Where did this come from?

These are the pResident's friends?

from back in the day perhaps?

what? I mean I understand (though don't agree with at all) Peltier not getting pardoned (after all, he was falsely accused of murdering feds and all) but this makes no sense. Anyone going to research the common bush-pardonee factor?

in theory, if the person had served his/her time and has genuinely rehabilitated, then a pardon to clear their record is not an unreasonable thing to do.

in practice, "rehabilitation" is proved most effectively by political donations....

then again, shrub may have a personal connection to that cocaine dealer....

these people ring any bells, who are they affiliated with, and why was it so important for the blivet to pardon them?
Makes a body go eh, but, heh heh heh, errrr.....

and now they get a pardon? :eyes:

He's just getting that Presidential Pardoning Pen warmed up,
'cause it's going to have a lot of work to do.

The guy below is John Schillace, of Hammond, LA. Look at his background--FBI, CIA, ATF, IRS, etc.

J S
City, State: Hammond LA
Associations:
Specialties: Background check
Criminal Defense
Child custody case
Insurance Defense
Plaintiff Trial Preparation

Background: Federal background; FBI, CIA, ATF, IRS, etc.

Decline Case Type:

is politically motivated, i.e. either a payback or a pay forward to someone in Congress, a corporate master, or some right wing interest group . . . it's the only way they know how to operate . . .

The Docket and Denver Bar Association

New inductee Fall, 2001

http://www.denbar.org/docket/doc_articles.cfm?ArticleID=3353