Pardoning

If I were the President, I think I would use the pardoning option but in a limited way. Most likely, all of the cases coming through have gone through courts and courts of deciding their punishment. Therefore, I think that those who came to the decision of their punishment had a reason for making it what it is. Of course there are going to be some mishaps here and there but assigning punishments are these judges official jobs, and hopefully they know what they're doing. If they don't, or if they make a huge mistake then they shouldn't be allowed the right to hold the position. I think it's certainly worth looking over the cases because it can never hurt to check on the other systems of governments. However, I don't think its necessary for Presidents to be handing out pardons left and right. If it's necessary to give out hundreds of pardons each year or couple of years, then maybe the President (and a committee) should be checking the judges who made the punishment decisions, not the criminals. Initially, that's where the problem is coming from and they are not going to be writing in biased letters begging the President to free them, like the criminals.