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United Press International (UPI) describes P.S. Ruckman, Jr. as "one of the country's few premier scholars focusing on the issue of executive clemency." Below is an abbreviated form of Professor Ruckman's academic VITA with particular emphasis on his research and commentary on presidential pardons. P.S. Ruckman, Jr.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Political Science, The Florida State University. Spring, 1991. Dissertation Title: "The Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices as a Dynamic Process: Constructing a Multivariate Model." M.S. Political Science, The Florida State University. April 1988. B.A. (Cum Laude) Political Science, University of West Florida. May 1986. B.A. (Cum Laude) Philosophy, University of West Florida. May 1986.
PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS Author: Pardon Me, Mr. President: Adventures in Crime, Politics and Mercy. Forthcoming. Agent: Sam Fleishman, Literary Artists Representatives, New York. Monograph: Pardons and Remissions. 1793-1893. National Archives and Records Service: Washington D.C. Forthcoming. Contributor. "Presidential Pardons" in The Final Four of Everything. 2009. (Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir, eds). Simon and Schuster. "Seasonal Clemency Revisited: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: New Orleans, Louisiana (January 2009) Article (invited): "Pardon Me." National Review Online, July 6, 2007. Article (invited): "Respite for Scooter." National Review Online. June 14, 2007. Editorial: "Stewart May Try Pardon Route." Rockford Register Star, April 4, 2004. "Last Minute Pardon Scandals: Fact and Fiction." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago, IL (April 2004). "The Pardoning Power: The Other Civics Lesson." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 2001). Editorial: "Keys to Clemency Reform: Knowledge, Transparency." Jurist. March 7, 2001. Editorial: "Releasing FALN Members Presidential Prerogative." Rockford Register Star, September 26, 1999. Article (refereed): "Inside Lincoln's Clemency Decision Making." (with David Kincaid), 29 Presidential Studies Quarterly 84-99 (Winter 1999). "President-centered and Presidency centered Explanations of Federal Executive Clemency Policy." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (October 1998). Contributor: Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia (Frank Schmalleger and Gordon M. Armstrong, eds). 1997. Greenwood Publishing: Westport, Connecticut. Article (refereed): "Executive Clemency in the United States: Origins, Development, and Analysis (1900-1993)." 27 Presidential Studies Quarterly 251-71 (Spring 1997). "Federal Executive Clemency in the United States, 1934-1994: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1996). Article (editor's discretion): "The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (with David Kincaid), 1 Journal of the Illinois Political Science Association, 28-32 (1995). "Executive Clemency 1789-1993, A Preliminary Report." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Tampa, Florida (November 1995). Research Note (refereed): "Presidential Character and Executive Clemency: A Reexamination." 76 Social Science Quarterly 213-221 (1995). "The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (co-authored with David Kincaid). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (November 1994). "Policy as an Indicator of Original Understanding: Executive Clemency in the Early Republic (1789-1817)." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1994). "Executive Clemency in the United States, 1900-1993: an Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association: New York, New York (September 1994).
RECENT CITATIONS - BOOKS, LAW REVIEWS, MONOGRAPHS Cheney, Lynne. 2005. A Time for Freedom. Simon and Schuster: New York. Cole, Richard. 1996. Introduction to Political Science and Policy Research, St. Martin's Press: New York. Dinan, John. 2003. "The Pardon Power and the American State Constitutional Tradition." 35 Polity 389-418. Crouch, Jeffrey. 2009. The Presidential Pardon Power. University of Kansas Press. Ducat, Craig R. 1996. Constitutional Interpretation, West Publishing Company: St. Paul, MN. 6th Edition. vi.George Washington: Erler, Abbie H. 1997. "Executive Clemency or Bureaucratic Discretion: Two Models of the Pardons Process." 37 Presidential Studies Quarterly 427. Foundation of Presidential Leadership and Character. 2001 Prager / Greenwood Press. Ethan Fishman, Mark J. Rozell, and William D. Pedersen, Editors. Krent, Harold J. 2005. Presidential Powers. New York University Press. Krent, Harold J. 2001. "Conditioning the President's Conditional Pardon Power." 89 California Law Review (No. 6) 1665-1720. Levinson, David. 2002. Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment." SAGE Publications: Thousand Oaks. Love, Margaret Colgate. 2001. "Fear of Forgiving: Rule and Discretion in the Theory and Practice of Pardoning." 13 Federal Sentencing Reporter 125. Love, Margaret Colgate. 2007. "Reinventing the President's Pardon Power." 20 Federal Sentencing Reporter 6. Love, Margaret Colgate. 2003. "The Pardon Paradox: Lessons of Clinton's Last Pardons." 31 Capital University Law Review (No. 2) 185-218. Millemann, Michael. 2006. “Collateral Remedies in Criminal Cases in Maryland: An Assessment.” 64 Maryland Law Review 967. Morris, Mark. 1998. "The Overlooked Relevance of the Pardon Power." in Presidential Frontiers Unexplored Issues in White House Politics (Ryan J. Barrilleaux, ed.) Praeger: Westport, Connecticut. Posner, Richard A. and William Landes. 2007. "The Economics of Presidential Pardons and Commutations." John M. Olin Law and Economics Paper No. 320. The Law School: University of Chicago. Sarat, Austin and Nasser Hussain. 2007. Forgiveness, Mercy and Clemency. Stanford University Press: Palo Alto, California. Shover, Neal and Andrew Hochstetler. 2006. Choosing White Collar Crime. Cambridge University Press: New York. Whitford, Andrew and Holoma Ochs. 2006 “The Political Roots of Executive Clemency.” 34 American Politics Research. 825-46. Whitman, James Q. 2003. Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe. Oxford University Press.
MEDIA RECOGNITION Television Broadcasting (National)
History Detectives. Episode to be aired on July 7, 2009 The Rachel Maddow Show. "Ms. Information" Segment. 12/30/08
Newspapers (National)
New York Times. "Bush Commutes 2 Border Agents' Sentences (1/19/09) New York Times. "On Fast Track for Clemency, Via Oval Office." (1/1/09) Washington Post. "Bush Forgives Man Convicted for 1948 Aid to Israel." (12/23/2008) Washington Post. "Pardoned by Bush But Still in Court." (12/11/08) Chicago Tribune. "Famous Presidential Pardons" (12/7/08) Wall Street Journal. "Seeking a Presidential Pardon?" (11/28/08) Chicago Tribune. "For Holidays, Bush Pardon Choicest Gift" (8/9/08) New York Times. "Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record." (7/19/08) Washington Post. "Awaiting New Pardon Attorney: Backlog, and a Chance to Make a Mark." (5/27/08) Los Angeles Times. "Clemency Bids Backing Up for Bush." (11/22/07) New York Times. "Bush Rationale on Libby Stirs Debate." (7/4/07) New York Times. "When Pardons Turn Political." (6/7/07) USA Today. "Process Intended to Keep Tranquility" (3/2/01) Washington Post. "Pardons With A Precedent" (2/26/01) Christian Science Monitor. "Clinton's Suspect Pardons" (2/23/01) Los Angeles Times. "Clinton Pardons" (1/28/01) News Organizations (National and International)
ABC News.com "Is Pardon Reversal A Sign of a Broken System?" (12/30/08) FOX News.com. "Clemency Requests Pile Up." (12/26/08) Bloomberg News. "Bush Withdraws Pardon After Learning of Contribution." (12/25/08) Bloomberg News. "Ex World Com Chief Ebbers Asks President for Clemency" (11/4/08) Bloomberg News. "Fraud Convict Conrad Black Seeks Clemency From Bush" (11/20/08) Bloomberg News. "Bush Face 'No Win' Pressures to Pardon Convicted Cheney Aide." (6/29/07) N. Y. Times Wire Service. "Controversial Presidential Pardons Fit Historical Pattern" (3/12/01) United Press International. "Clemency: Nothing New Under the Sun." (9/21/99)
Radio (Regional, National and International)
Radio KMJ 580, Fresno, CA. "Presidential Pardons." (1/14/09) - live with Chris Daniel BBC News. The Monday Documentary. "The Pardon Game." (1/12/09) KTRH 740, Houston, TX. "Bush's Final Pardons" (1/5/08) - live news report KTRH 740, Houston, TX. "Bush's Final Pardons" (1/3/08) - recorded news report The Curtis Silway Show. "The Toussie Non-Pardon." WABC-AM (12/26/08) National Public Radio, On the Media, with Brooke Gladstone (12/21/08) KPCC 89.3 California Public Radio. "Presidential Pardons" Live with Patt Morrison (12/4/08) The Takeaway. "Presidential Pardons" with John Hockenberry (11/27/08) WGSO 990, New Orleans, LA. "Pardon for Edwin Edwards" (11/13/08) - Live with Jeff Crouere Voice of America. China Office. "Presidents, Pardons and Scooter Libby" (7/4/07) AM 1290, Phoenix, AZ, "Pardons." (7/3/07) - live with Mike Rapp, Chuck Meyer Voice of America. Western Europe Office. "The President's Pardon Power" (7/2/07) Bloomberg Radio. "President Bush, the Pardon Power and Scooter Libby" (6/28/07) Family News in Focus with Terry Phillips (6/21/04) Family News in Focus with Terry Phillips (11/7/03) National Public Radio, Guest, Talk of the Nation, with Juan Williams (3/1/01)
Newspapers / Magazines (International)
MacLeans Magazine. (Canada) "Why It's Time to Set Conrad Black Free." (1/8/09) International Herald and Tribune. (France) "On the Fast Track for Clemency." (1/1/09) The National (Abu Dhubi) "Bush's Power to Pardon Under Scrutiny" (12/6/08) New Brunswick Business Journal. "ExWorldCom Chief Ebbers Asks President for Clemency (12/5/08) The Telegraph Journal (Canada) "Ex World Com Chief Ebbers Asks President for Clemency (12/5/08)
The Belfast Telegraph. "Black Asks Bush for
Pardon." (11/22/08)
The Independent (UK) "Black Asks Bush for Pardon." (11/22/08) Daily Mail (UK) "Disgraced Tycoon Conrad Black Begs George W. Bush for Presidential Mercy" (11/21/08) International Herald Tribune (France). "Bush's Reasoning on Libby" (7/5/07) The Star (Canada). "Bush Leaves Door Open For Pardon" (7/04/07). Globe and Mail (Canada) "Bush in a Bind Over Political Pardon" (6/15/07) International Herald and Tribune. (France) "Dilemma For Bush on Libby Pardon" (6/8/07)
Magazines / Periodicals / Web Publications
Politico.Com "10 Bush Pardons to Watch For." (1/18/09) FOX News.com, "Clemency Requests Pile Up as Bush Prepares to Leave Office" (12/26/08) Law Times. "Radler's Almost Out While Black Waits for Bush (12/1/08) Newsday. "Jones' Pardon Request Raises Issues of Privilege." (7/24/08) Slate. "Pre-emptive Presidential Pardons." (7/21/08) National Review Online. "Pardon Me." (7/ 6/07). National Review Online. "Respite for Scooter." (6/14/07) The Hill. "Bush Can Give Libby Respite." (6/12/07) National Journal. "Pardon Libby? Maybe, But Not Alone" (3/30/07) The Hill. "Since Late 20th Century Presidents Not as Forgiving" (3/8/07) Texas Lawyer. "Bush's Mercy." (3/21/05) Harper's Index (7/1/03) Rolling Stone Magazine. "A Note About Pardons." (4/12/01) Congressional Quarterly. Presidential Pardons Chart. Vol. 59, No.8 (2/24/01)
Newspapers (Local and Regional)
San Francisco Chronicle. The Dumb and Mean War on Drugs." (5/6/09) San Antonio Express. "Sentences of 2 Convicted Border Agents are Commuted (1/20/09) Houston Chronicle. "Bush Commutes Sentences of 2 Ex-Border Patrol Agents" (1/19/09) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "Last Minute Crush of Pardons Called Unlikely." (1/13/09) San Antonio Express. "Famous Texans Unlikely to Get Bush Pardon" (1/3/09) Austin-American Statesman. "Blogger Adds Skilling, Clemens to Watch List" (1/3/09) Houston Chronicle. "Clemens, Skilling on Pardon Watch List" (1/2/09) Dallas Morning News. "Clemens, Skilling on Pardon Watch List" (1/2/09) Ft. Worth Star Telegram. "Clemens, Skilling on Pardon Watch List" (1/2/09) Brownsville Herald. "Clemens, Skilling on Pardon Watch List" (1/2/09) Gadsden Times. "On Fast Track for Clemency via Oval Office" (1/1/09) Tuscaloosa News. "On Fast Track for Clemency via Oval Office" (1/1/09) The Ledger (Lakeland). "On Fast Track for Clemency via Oval Office" (1/1/09) Sarasota-Herald Tribune. "On Fast Track for Clemency via Oval Office" (1/1/09) Gainesville Sun. "On Fast Track for Clemency via Oval Office" (1/1/09) Chattanooga Times Free Press, "Many Try 'End Runs' to Gain Pardon" (1/1/09) Times Daily (Florence). "On Fast Track for Clemency via Oval Office" (1/1/09) Houston Chronicle. "Pardon Watch on as Transition Nears (1/1/09) Boston Globe. "White House Access Gave some a Faster Route to Federal Pardons (1/1/09) Austin-American Statesman. "Special Access to White House Can Mean Faster Route to Pardons" (12/31/09) The Forward. "As Bush Exits, Four High-Profile Felons Hope For Pardons" (12/31/08) Miami Herald. "President Pardons Miami 'Unsung Hero' Charles Winters" (12/24/08) New York Daily News. "Chibueze Okorie Asks President Bush to Look." (12/14/08) Chicago Daily Herald. "Governor's Arrest Could Be Final Nail in Ryan Clemency (12/9/08) Fort Worth Star Telegram. "Five Forgiven By Bush Wanted Gun Rights Restored" (12/2/08) Gainesville Sun. "Bush Pardons Have Common Thread" (12/1/08) Kansas City Star. "Missouri Farmer Pardoned by Bush" (11/30/08) St. Louis Dispatch. "Mo. Man Who Poisoned Eagles is Pardoned by President" (11/29/08)
The Times-Picayune.
"Edwin Edwards has Friends, Foes in Bid for Freedom" (11/27/08) Chicago Daily Herald. "Fraud Convict Conrad Black Seeks Clemency From Bush" (11/21/08) Detroit Free Press. "Requests for Pardons Piling Up for Bush" (8/13/08) Gainesville Sun. "Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record" (7/19/08) Tuscaloosa News. "Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record" (7/19/08) Sarasota Herald Tribune. "Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near Record" (7/19/08) Cincinnati Post. "Calls for Clemency Unanswered" (11/24/07) Boston Globe. "Clemency Bids Create Backlog in Federal System" (11/24/07) Winston-Salem Journal. "Presidential Pardon Backlog Growing at the White House" (11/24/07) San Francisco Chronicle. "Record Backlog of Clemency Cases Takes Toll on Federal Prisoners" (11/24/07) Houston Chronicle. "Applications for Pardons Swamp Clemency System" (11/23/07) Houston Chronicle. "Libby Commutation Confounds Experts" (7/4/07) The Star Phoenix, "U.S. President in Tough Spot if He Pardons Aide Libby" (6/29/07) Star Tribune (Casper, WY). "Controversial Presidential Pardons Fit Historical Pattern" (3/12/01) San Antonio Express-News. "Did You Know?" (3/6/2001) Dallas Morning News. "Clinton Not the First to Use Unpopular Pardon" (3/4/01) Austin American Statesman (Austin, TX) "Pardons Have Odd Difficult History" (3/4/01) Syracuse Herald-American. "Pardons Snowballed, Aides Say." (3/4/01) Morning News (Springdale, AR). "Presidents Make Pardons of Dubious Value" (3/1/01) Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN). "Rich Drama is latest in Long Line" (2/27/01) Cape Cod Times (Cape Cod, MA). "This Just In: Pardons Often Cause Rancor" (2/27/01) Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX) "Pardon Us, Pardons Can Flat Stink" (2/23/01) Birmingham News (AL) "Power to Pardon is Potent" (2/18/01) New York Daily News. "Bill's Bumpy Road from White House" (2/10/01) Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. "The Power to Pardon" (1/7/01)
MEDIA CONSULTING Television (National and International)
ABC News, Bush and Blanket Pardons (1/13/09) - Ren Holding ABC News, "Record Numbers Seeking Bush Pardons" (11/7/08) - Scott Michaels PBS, History Detectives, Unusual Pardon of an American Indian (1/24/08) - Shirven Hess CBS Evening News, History of Executive Clemency (12/13/01) - Josh Holbreich CBS Evening News, Presidential Pardons (2/22/01) - Toby Wertheim
Radio Broadcasting
National Public Radio, Washington D.C. (1/01) - Barbara Bradley WAMC 90.3 Northeast Public Radio (12/00) Albany, NY
Print Media (National)
Harper's - Applicants For Clemency (12/2/08) - Aaron Smith Washington Post - "McCain and Palin Say Stevens Should Resign" (10/29/08) - Del Wilber Chicago Tribune - Governor Blagojevich and Pardons in Illinois (4/9/08) - Azam Ahmed Los Angeles Times - Pardon data and the Bush Administrations (9/24/07) - Rick Schmitt Los Angeles Times - Clemency in the Bush Administration (9/6/07)- Tom Reinken New York Times - For Libby, Bush Seemed to Alter his Texas Policy (7/7/07) - Adam Liptak New York Times - "Bush Spares Libby From Prison Term." (7/2/07) - Scott Shane Los Angeles Times - "Bush Spares Libby From Prison." (7/2/07) - Rick Schmitt Washington Post - (7/3/07) - Rachel Dry Bloomberg News/Washington (4/12/04) - Larry Arnold Washington Post, Historical use of Pardoning Power - (1/2704) - George Lardner Bloomberg News/Washington (12/23/04) - Larry Arnold New York Times, Clemency and DNA (7/30/03) - Adam Liptak USA Today, Clemency Statistics (3/5/01, 3/7/01) - Sandra Torry Washington Post, Washington's Pardons (2/27/01) - George Lardner Christian Science Monitor, Executive Clemency (2/23/01) - Dante Chinni Congressional Quarterly, Presidential Pardons (2/22/01) - Victoria Allred Newsweek, Presidential Pardons (2/15/01) - Karen Yourish USA Today. Clinton's Pardons (2/15/01) - Judy Keen Los Angeles Times. Executive Clemency and Pardons (2/01) - Stephen Braun
Print Media (Regional)
New York Sun - "Bush Spares Libby From Prison." (7/2/07) - Joshua Gerstein Register and Bee (Danville, VA), Bush and the Pardon Power (6/17/07) - Becky Blanton New York Sun (11/9/06), A School for Senators – Sarah Garland American Enterprise Institute (7/5/05) - Elisabeth Irwin (on behalf of Lynn Cheney) Boston Globe, Clemency and African-Americans (3/16/01) - Shirley Jobe Hartford Current, Gerald Chapman Pardon (2/26/01) - Dick Ahles
Print Media (International)
Sydney Morning Herald, Pardon Reform (2/27/01) - Gay Alcorn Melbourne Herald Sun, Pardon Reform (2/27/01) - Gay Alcorn
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