Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 1157 people during his term. Among them are:
- Maurice L. Schick – military court-martial for brutal murder; sentence commuted to life imprisonment, with the condition that he would never be released. Legal challenge went to the Supreme Court, questioning the constitutionality of the punishment "Life Imprisonment Without Parole". Decided in Schick v. Reed that to be so sentenced was constitutional. He was not paroled.
Read more about this topic: List Of People Pardoned Or Granted Clemency By The President Of The United States
Famous quotes by dwight d. eisenhower:
“You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
“Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)