Comments on: Gov. Christie commutes Brian Aitken sentence https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/12/gov-christie-commutes-brian-aitken-sentence/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:25:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mannie https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/12/gov-christie-commutes-brian-aitken-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-111187 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:25:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=20715#comment-111187 > Can he continue with his appeal even though his sentence has been commuted?

I believe he can. If he had been pardoned, he probably could not.

]]> By: mojo https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/12/gov-christie-commutes-brian-aitken-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-111176 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:51:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=20715#comment-111176 “If the law supposes that, Sir, then the law is an ass!”
— Dickens

]]> By: Vic Kley https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/12/gov-christie-commutes-brian-aitken-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-111167 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:55:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=20715#comment-111167 Now that’s a modern railroad. No social value here just more fees for attorneys and more injustice for those oppressed by the law.

A governor is required to exercise common sense in this case?

]]> By: E-Bell https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/12/gov-christie-commutes-brian-aitken-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-111156 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:13:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=20715#comment-111156 A good move, but a pardon would have been better.

Can he continue with his appeal even though his sentence has been commuted?

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