Christie Considering A Pardon Of Brian Aitken
By Art Gallagher
Most of the mainstream news reported from Governor Chris Christie’s press conference yesterday has to do with the progress being made on the “tool kit” of municipal government reforms that will enable local officials to reduce the cost of government and live within the 2% property tax increase cap that the State government passed last summer.
Thanks to the Star Ledger’s Paul Mulshine for reporting that Christie also acknowledged that he is considering a pardon of Brian Aitken, the young New Jersey man serving seven years in prison for transporting guns he purchased legally and in a method that he had been instructed to transport them by the New Jersey State Police.
The news reports of of Aitken’s plight make a compelling case that a gross injustice has been committed. As a media skeptic and critic, I wonder what facts are missing from the stories. If the stories are reasonably accurate there is no question that Aitken should be released, his record cleared and he should go on to live the productive life he was apparently leading prior to his arrest.
I trust Christie to review Aitken’s case quickly and to make a just determination.
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Art here is the Governor’s only problem:
The young man’s mother called the police on him, because something he said made her concerned, and she knew he had guns with him.
If he is pardoned, and shortly thereafter shoots himself or his girlfriend, the Governor gets his very own Willie Horton albatross to wear around his neck.
If I’m the Governor, I’m at least ordering a psych exam to cover myself before I decide.