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A clemency conundrum in Michigan [Gov. Granholm]
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Contributor | User 13 |
Last Edited | User 13 Jun 16, 2005 11:19pm |
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Category | News |
Media | TV News - CNN |
News Date | Friday, June 17, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | Jennifer 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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