The politics of the pardon
Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/06/2010, 10:45 a.m.
Experts question the future of Governor Pawlenty's political ambitions amid news that the man he pardoned in 2008 was sexually assaulting another girl. Meanwhile President Obama just issued 9 pardons, the first of his presidency, as he was approaching a record drought for pardons from the Oval Office. Midmorning examines clemency at the state and federal level.
