Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jun. 27, 2007
Cooperation Is Libby's Other Get-Out-of-Jail Card
Forum Column - By Dan Shallman - Scooter Libby should consider cooperating with authorities if he wants to reduce his sentence.
By Dan Shallman
The chorus of calls on the right for the president to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby presumes that a pardon is the only option now left to keep Libby out of jail. That's not true. Although it's late in the day, Libby could simply agree to tell the truth and cooperate with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald.
Under Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Proce...
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