Gearing up for the Gonzales hearing

AG nominee Alberto Gonzales’ role in the “torture memos” is the top story going into his confirmation hearings this week (as detailed in this law.com article and How Appealing’s collection here).  But Gonzales’ memos advising then-Texas Governor George Bush on clemency decision-making in the late 1990s are also garnering some attention and criticism.  Today, the People For the American Way issued this lengthy statement opposing the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales in which one extended section assails his “Irresponsible Death Penalty Review.”

Here are some prior posts relating to Gonzales’ clemency work since he was nominated for AG:

• Sister Prejean’s powerful perspective
• The AG and the death penalty
• AG nominee Gonzales and sentencing issues