For the Record - July 4, 2007

Libby commutation: A chart in Section A on Tuesday accompanying an article on President Bush commuting I. Lewis “Scooter Libby’s prison sentence listed past presidential commutations and pardons. It should have indicated that the totals for several presidents were given in fiscal years, which run from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 and are the way the Department of Justice tracks the records. Thus, President Kennedy was listed from 1961 to 1964; President Johnson from 1964-1969; President Nixon from 1969-1975; and President Ford, 1975-1977. In addition, Gerald R. Ford’s middle initial was mistakenly given as “E.”