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Bush spares former aide from prison
By Los Angeles Times
Published: 07/03/2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Bush wiped away the prison sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday, calling it an "excessive" punishment for a "first-time offender with years of exceptional public service."

On the day that Libby's last bid to stay out of prison was rejected by an appeals court, Bush said he had decided to act — not by pardoning Libby of his crime, but by commuting his 30-month sentence.Read more.

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