Raymond Pert: Yes. Scooter has demonstrated that he has recovered from his meth addiction. Clean and sober he is a responsible father. He needs to be home with his child. Obviously, the judge overstepped in punishing him when he has done so much to straighten out his life. Isn't the rehabilitated Scooter exactly the sort of person we should not be punishing? Scooter knows he screwed up and he's turned his life around. Bush has made prudent and wise use of his executive power to commute Scooter's sentence. Oh! Wait a minute ... uh, wrong story.

DFO: Indeed, Bush has time to pardon a fellow who was trying to do his dirty work -- an executive overruling the court system. But Pontius Pilate Otter can't be bothered with one of the few success stories of the penal system: Kendra Goodrick. F'shame.

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