1.0 link 147416 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-markarian/pardon-me-for-poaching_b_147416.html In the waning days of the Bush administration, there is much speculation over whether high-profile convicts -- like former Cheney chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) -- will receive presidential pardons. But the lame-duck tradition of granting pardons and commuting prison sentences has already begun, and some of the first beneficiaries are poachers who committed federal wildlife crimes.

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