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minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoPardon requires a conviction first.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoNo, it doesn’t. It doesn’t even require an accusation first.
minus-squarexapr [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoThis is my understanding too. I just read in the news the last couple of days that Biden was considering handing out preemptive pardons to people like Liz Cheney, etc.
Pardon requires a conviction first.
Richard Nixon.
No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t even require an accusation first.
This is my understanding too. I just read in the news the last couple of days that Biden was considering handing out preemptive pardons to people like Liz Cheney, etc.