return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoBiden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemencyapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down15cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkBiden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemencyapnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square60fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 days agoHe can pardon him now. It’s only the crime (or even alleged crime) that needs to have happened before the pardon. Consider Ford’s pardon of Nixon, which occurred before Tricky Dick was indicted.
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIs it a federal crime? Can’t pardon state/local crime
minus-squareVolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoAh okay, then let’s go. Stop Luigis Detention.
He can pardon him now. It’s only the crime (or even alleged crime) that needs to have happened before the pardon. Consider Ford’s pardon of Nixon, which occurred before Tricky Dick was indicted.
Is it a federal crime? Can’t pardon state/local crime
Ah okay, then let’s go.
Stop Luigis Detention.