How many people will receive a pardon from Bush before the end of his Presidency?

does pardoning himself from future war crimes count?

Charity begins at home...maybe pardons, too?

What if there are no pardons??

Clinton actually pardoned many more than 10.

On January 20, 2001, he pardoned 140 people in the final hours of his presidency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_Bill_Clinton#Pardons

@raiders Libby's got 1 already

Thanks Chatarra,
I thought it was 10 because of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_a_United_States_president#Bill_Clinton

1 - Libby
2 - Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos
3 - Jose Compean
allthough I HATE to have to list #2&3 together with the likes of #1. jmo

Libby had his sentence commuted,
but Ramos and Compean have not been pardoned or had their sentence commuted yet.

Bush's priorities regarding our border almost make me want to vote democratic where I will expect such nonsense. I have nothing against selective immigration to our country, but have a big problem with unlimited illegal immigration.

Ship the jobs out of the country & then bring in more workers = Let's watch the middle class disappear.

ALL of the ones who helped him....if they are lucky...

I'm hoping that slacker Congress is saving impeachment for about October. If under impeachment I think a Pres. loses his pardon power. I hope they have the cojones.

owl....you really need to keep abreast of the news. Georgia Rep. Cynthia(rock 'em sock 'em)McKinney, of Capitol police boxing fame, introduced just such a bill two years ago. Sadly, House Speaker "San Fran Nan" Pelosi, D-Calif., has made clear that she will not entertain proposals to sanction Bush and has warned the liberal wing of her party against making political hay of impeachment.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/08/national/w152917S79.DTL

President Bush has no reason to be impeached. Any talk of that is nonsense.

Is this just pardons, or does sentence commutation and clemency also count?

If anyone knows how many pardons each of the last five presidents, including the sitting president thus far, have issued it would be of great interest. Since it appears that the more pardons a president issues the more his character and motives should be drawn into question, perhaps the answer to this question will serve to educate us as to which has served us most incapably.

@markov,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_a_United_States_president

Things have changed in the last 2 years Erik, they even changed today with the Rove subpoena, seems to me the Dems are growing a pair. SFN, I like that, will have opposition next time too and that may make her reconsider.

http://tinyurl.com/5lmllu

Thanks, mork! Info is there. Article indicates only the most prominent are listed but it does give some idea. I wonder if there is someplace on the internet that has the raw numbers.

@markov - I read the link provided and it listed about 120 people but says in text he had pardoned 157 as of March. The number will be widely available in the news after his term expires.

I am worried that this question is skewed by the background information which doesn't seem accurate. Which would make the starting odds incredibly off, and the outcomes not very competitive. What is the opinion of voiding market and creating a new market with accurate background information, there is plenty of time on this question before it would be settled.

Sounds like I didn't do enough research when making this question.
I guess I shouldn't rely on wikipedia eh?
I hope some wiki enthusiast finds it upon themself to update it.

There are other sources for finding presidential pardons. The White House is a good source and so are legal research websites. Here is a link for a google search engine that seaches government databases - http://www.google.com/ig/usgov

Thats cool destry!...I like the google.

Here are the relevant statistics http://www.justice.gov/pardon/actions_administration.htm#clinton

It is surprising how they are trending downward.

@Mork,

If you do recreate this question you should clarify whether it only refers to pardons, or to all petitions granted (including commutation of sentences and remission of fines).

Good find, anaverageamerican!

I've decided not to remake this question.
I hope somebody else does.