Merry Christmas to convicted felons time

Ah yes, it's Presidential pardon time. Let me put things in perspective . . . . . as of Oct 1, 2007 there were 3000 petitions for clemency filed with the Office of the Pardon Attorney (per the Justice Dept). That compares to an average of 500 to 1000 in the 5 decades since WWII. President Clinton's final years in office saw things begin to soar. President Bush closed only 18 cases in fiscal 2007 . . . . Scooter being the big winner in the small group. Bush has granted 113 pardons and commuted 4 sentences since taking office . . . . that is the lowest number since WWII except for the elder President Bush who granted 74 pardons and 3 commutations in his one term.