After the first trial, it came out that prison authorities had threatened Brown with solitary confinement if he did not testify, promised to support a pardon request if he did, and transferred him to a minimum-security area after he appeared in court.
A family member of James J. Jeffries said he supported a posthumous presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, who whipped Jeffries in the so-called Fight of the Century in Reno, Nev., a century ago.
Bestselling novelist and former covert CIA operative I wholeheartedly support a full presidential pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Officials have indicated they would support a bill that would pardon Alan Turing, who commit suicide in 1954 after being subjected to "chemical castration" two years earlier after it was discovered he was gay, according to The Guardian.
The judge wrote a letter to the governor in support of a pardon, adding his testimonial to dozens of others, including Mr. Wu's employer, Centerline Capital Group, a real estate financial and management company where he was a vice president of information technology.
Ms. Rich was among a score of people who wrote to Mr. Clinton -- who spoke at a fund-raising dinner at her apartment last October that was attended by Donald J. Trump, among others -- in support of a pardon for her former husband.
The government signalled on Friday that it is prepared to support a backbench bill that would pardon Turing, who died from cyanide poisoning at the age of 41 in 1954 after he was subjected to "chemical castration".
But in fact, she told Mr. Clinton in a letter she supported the pardon "with all my heart," called the White House to inform the president she wanted to make it happen and discussed the matter with Mr. Clinton at least once at a social function.
As the hearing stretched into the night, Democrats pressed Mr. Libby on whether he supported the pardon of Mr. Rich.
