Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by mooseburger on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @05:45PM
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Doesn't appear to be a pardon, which involves the conviction being expunged. Commuting a sentence means more like "you have been punished enough, but we were right to punish you". A pardon is "we were wrong to punish you".
> Rosenberg was sentenced to 58 years' imprisonment on the weapons and explosives charges. She spent 16 years in prison, during which she became a poet, author, and AIDS activist. Her sentence was commuted to time served by President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001,[5] his final day in office.[6][7]
She was charged, served some of her time (16 years of 58 years is 27.586%), and then a president pardoned her.