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Originally Posted by Chico23231

Soft on crime never never works.

He Was Convicted in a Police Officer’s Murder. Trump Gave Him Clemency.
Jaime A. Davidson was in prison for nearly 30 years for one of upstate New York’s most notorious crimes. Political connections appear to have set him free.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/n...-syracuse.html


By Troy Closson
Jan. 26, 2021
Among the dozens of pardons and commutations former President Donald J. Trump issued before leaving office, one name has left some law enforcement officials reeling: Jaime A. Davidson, notorious in upstate New York for planning a 1990 robbery that ended in the murder of a police officer.

The commutation bypassed the typical federal process for seeking clemency, and was championed by an advocate who was herself granted a pardon in 2018. Experts said Mr. Trump’s decision to cut Mr. Davidson’s life sentence short was evidence of the problems that arise when presidential allies exert strong influence.

And after a re-election campaign that emphasized law and order, with rallies that sometimes featured the pro-police Blue Lives Matter flag, Mr. Trump’s decision was a baffling anomaly that upstate politicians, prosecutors and police union officials received with dismay.