That's a
point made by Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law Blog («Rather, I wish primarily to urge anyone and everyone defending President Bush's sentencing determination in the Libby case to explain why all these
less prominent defendants — most of whom are now locked in a cell while Libby now makes plans for the paid lecture circuit — don't also merit some executive sympathy»); Ellen Pogdor at White
Collar Crime Blog («But what is bothersome here is that one elite individual is receiving this benefit while others with comparable circumstances will not have this benefit — it all comes down to who has access to the President.