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  A clemency conundrum in Michigan [Gov. Granholm]
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Last EditedUser 13  Jun 16, 2005 11:19pm
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News DateFriday, June 17, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionJennifer Granholm has been a Democratic Party star ever since she was elected Michigan's Governor in 2002.

A cerebral centrist and former prosecutor with TV-ready glamour, Granholm coasted through her first two years in office with lofty approval ratings.

But now the Governor, already hurt by Michigan's persistent economic woes, is facing a politically perilous decision: whether to grant clemency to a woman whose 1993 murder conviction in state court was later declared "a travesty" by a federal judge.
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