forgiveness, football, commutation, and pot

From the AP's Tom Canavan (hat tip: C-J)...

Placekicker Lawrence Tynes of the Super Bowl champion New York Giants has asked the Bush administration to commute a lengthy sentence given to his brother for distributing marijuana.

Tynes...maintains that the 27-year sentence his brother Mark is serving in a federal facility in Arkansas was excessive for the crime....

Mark Tynes was convicted in 2004 of two counts of marijuana distribution for his part in a plan to move 18 tons of marijuana between Texas and Florida....

Earlier this week, President George W. Bush granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others. Lawrence Tynes hopes the president will consider his brother's case before leaving office on Jan. 20....

27 years for dealing pot? Wow...