I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy—”America This Week,” August 9, 2017

Summary: <br> The podcast’s guest this week is Mark Singel, former lieutenant governor and acting governor of Pennsylvania from 1987-1995. His recent article for America is called “<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/pardon">I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy.</a>”<br> Singel discusses his decision to commute the sentence of Reginald McFadden in 1992, when he was chairman of the State Board of Pardons. After McFadden was freed, he committed another murder and a rape. Singel’s political opponents were able to “take that incident and turn it into a potent political weapon,” he says. “I had, in fact, voted and made a judgement call to give this individual a second chance,” Singel admits, “and he betrayed that public trust.”<br>