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Author: Pardon Me, Mr. President: Adventures in Crime, Politics and Mercy (Forthcoming). Agent: Sam Fleishman,
Literary Artists Representatives, New York.
Monograph: Pardons and Remissions. 1793-1893. National Archives and Records Service: Washington D.C.
(Forthcoming).
Article (invited): "Pardon Me." National Review Online, July 6, 2007.
Article (invited): "Respite for Scooter." National Review Online. June 14, 2007.
Letter: “Bush Can Give Libby Respite, Delay Decision on Pardoning.” The Hill, June 12, 2007.
Editorial: “Memorial Day.” Rockford Register Star, May 25, 2007.
Editorial: “For Judge: Legal Qualifications v. Personal Distractions.” Rockford Register Star, November 5, 2006.
Editor. Test Bank for The Challenge of Democracy. 8th Edition. Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry and Jerry Goldman.
2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY.
Editor: Test Bank for American Government - Brief Edition. 8th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr.,
2006. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY.
Editor: Student Handbook for American Government. 10th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006.
Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY.
Editor: Test Bank for American Government. 10th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr., 2006. Houghton
Mifflin Company: New York, NY.
Editorial: "Stewart May Try Pardon Route." Rockford Register Star, April 4, 2004.
Editor: Student Handbook for American Government. 9th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. 2004.
Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, NY.
Editor: Test Bank for American Government. 9th Edition. James Q. Wilson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. 2004. Houghton
Mifflin Company: New York, NY.
Editorial: "Keys to Clemency Reform: Knowledge, Transparency." Jurist. March 7, 2001.
Editorial: "Voters Still Base Choice on More than Pocketbook." Rockford Register Star, January 14, 2001.
Letter: "The Supreme Court and Politics." Christian Science Monitor, December 12, 2000.
Editorial: "Releasing FALN Members Presidential Prerogative." Rockford Register Star, September 26, 1999.
Editorial Board. Annual Editions: Juvenile Delinquency. 2000-6. Dushkin / McGraw Hill: Guilford, Connecticut.
Article (refereed): "Inside Lincoln's Clemency Decision Making." (with David Kincaid), 29 Presidential Studies
Quarterly 84-99 (Winter 1999).
Contributor: Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia (Frank Schmalleger and Gordon M.
Armstrong, eds). 1997. Greenwood Publishing: Westport, Connecticut.
Article (refereed): "Executive Clemency in the United States: Origins, Development, and Analysis (1900-1993)." 27
Presidential Studies Quarterly 251-71 (Spring 1997).
Article (editor's discretion): "The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (with David Kincaid), 1 Journal of
the Illinois Political Science Association, 28-32 (1995).
Research Note (refereed): "Presidential Character and Executive Clemency: A Reexamination." 76 Social Science
Quarterly 213-221 (1995).
Book Review: "Making Law: The State, the Law, and Structural Contradictions." 4 Legal Studies Forum, 527-530
(1995).
Research Note (refereed): "The Supreme Court, Critical Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process." 55
Journal of Politics 793-805 (1993).
"Federal Executive Clemency in the Administration of George W. Bush: A PardonPower Report." Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (January 2010).
"Seasonal Clemency Revisited: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association: New Orleans, Louisiana (January 2009).
"John Wilson Ruckman: Scholar, Soldier and Public Figure. Presented at the Annual Conference On Illinois History,
Springfield, IL (October 2007).
"Last Minute Pardon Scandals: Fact and Fiction." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association: Chicago, IL (April 2004).
"The Pardoning Power: The Other Civics Lesson." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 2001).
"President-centered and Presidency centered Explanations of Federal Executive Clemency Policy." Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (October 1998).
"Federal Executive Clemency in the United States, 1934-1994: An Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1996).
"Qualifications as 'Universal' Factors in the Outcomes of Supreme Court Nominations." Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Illinois Political Science Association: Rockford, Illinois (November 1995).
"Executive Clemency 1789-1993, A Preliminary Report." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political
Science Association: Tampa, Florida (November 1995).
"The Forgotten Side of Lincoln's Clemency Policy." (co-authored with David Kincaid). Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Illinois Political Science Association: Chicago, Illinois (November 1994).
"Policy as an Indicator of Original Understanding: Executive Clemency in the Early Republic (1789-1817)." Presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association: Atlanta, Georgia (November 1994).
“Executive Clemency in the United States, 1900-1993: an Empirical Analysis." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association: New York, New York (September 1994).
"The Supreme Court, Critical Nominations and the Senate Confirmation Process." Presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Western Political Science Association: San Francisco, California (March 1992).
"The Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices: Gauging the Effects of Overlooked Variables in a Dynamic Process."
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association: Madison, Wisconsin (June 1989).