I didn't understand the reasoning...
I heard a brief discussion of it on the NewsHour rebroadcast on our local NPR station. The argument presented was, supposedly, probation only is applicable after a prison sentence is served. Yet people get probation without serving time all the time.
Perhaps there's some details that get glossed over in reporting (e.g. the prison sentence is suspended pending successful completion of probation) though.
The people I heard talking about it said, IIRC, that the judge was going to hear arguments about it, but they didn't think that Scooter would get out of probation (short of a presidential pardon, of course).
FWIW.
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I guess the technical term is "supervised release" and [link|http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070703-1423-cialeak-confusion.html|Judge Walton raised the issue]. He's supposed to hear arguments on Monday.
It would be delicious if Bush messed this up too (by not consulting anyone in the Justice Department and elsewhere about the proper way to do it), wouldn't it?
Cheers,
Scott.
