More thoughtful commentary on the President as sentencer

The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio had a nice extended segment today (available here) entitled “Commuting Costs” with Professors Peter Henning and Rachel Barkow talking thoughtfully about the “possible ramifications of the Libby commutation on federal sentencing.”  Peter also has more on this topic at this new post at White Collar Crime Prof Blog.

Some related posts:

• Bush’s reasons for Libby’s commutation … will others now see similar compassion from Bush and his Justice Department?
• Collateral litigation consequences of a commutation
• What President Bush’s commutation of Libby says: “I’m the sentencer … for my pal”
• Still more sentencing arguments for defendants from the Bush Administration