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Electronic Telegraph
Tuesday 13 February 2001
Drug king's release attacked
By Ben Fenton in Washington
ALTHOUGH headlines have been dominated by the presidential
pardon granted to Marc Rich, many in America consider Bill
Clinton's early release of a drug kingpin from California a clear
abuse of the system.
Carlos Vignali was freed from prison on Inauguration Day because
a presidential commutation of sentence released him from the
remaining nine years of a 15-year term imposed for masterminding
a cocaine smuggling racket.
Outrage is growing over the case, principally because Vignali's
father, Horacio, became a major contributor to Democratic causes
after his son's arrest. Mr Vignali, a multi-millionaire who owned
a $9 million (£6 million) house that once belonged to Sylvester
Stallone, gave at least £31,000 to the election campaign of Gray
Davis, the Democrat who became governor of California in 1998.
The prosecutors in the Vignali case were particularly angry
about the pardon because only 18 months ago, after heavy
political lobbying, they were asked if they would support a
reduction in sentence, but strongly opposed the idea. Todd Jones,
then US attorney for Minnesota, where Vignali was prosecuted,
said: "I can't tell you how strongly we registered our
objection."
The prosecutors said they were never approached by the White
House when a commutation was being considered by Mr Clinton but,
if they had been, would have argued vigorously against it.
Mr Vignali said he had not contacted the former president and
had no idea how the campaign to have his son released early had
been organised.
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