Thanksgiving week filled with clemency headlines … so far involving only turkeys

I used to blog a lot advocating for greater use of executive clemency powers, especially during the holiday season.  But, perhaps unsurprisingly, lame-duck times rather than turkey times still tend to be when governors and presidents finally dust off their clemency pens.  But, since my feed was filled today with news of Prez Biden’s courageous “fowl” clemency efforts, I figure it worthwhile to do a brief round-up of recent clemency headlines:

From Arkansas, “Sarah Huckabee Sanders Pardons Turkey But Denies Clemency for Wrongly Imprisoned Man“

From Michigan, “Dolly Pardon announced as winning name of turkey receiving executive clemency for Thanksgiving“

From Missouri, “Governor issues clemency for turkeys from Manson: Birds raised by teen get traditional pardon“

From the White House, “‘Congratulations, birds’: Biden jokes fall flat as he pardons Thanksgiving turkeys“

From interested observers, “Turkeys Pardoned While 18,000 Wait“