Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agoBernie was our compromisefeddit.orgimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1495arrow-down1imageBernie was our compromisefeddit.orgUnruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/6377102 If they can elect a felon to the white house, so could we.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoCan you pardon someone who hasn’t been found guilty yet?
minus-squareDiva (she/her)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 days agothe president can in fact pardon someone before they are convicted of a crime! Nixon famously pardoned by Ford
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoAnd more recently we learned when Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio after he was convicted, but before he was sentenced, that a pardon doesn’t vacate a conviction.
Can you pardon someone who hasn’t been found guilty yet?
the president can in fact pardon someone before they are convicted of a crime! Nixon famously pardoned by Ford
And more recently we learned when Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio after he was convicted, but before he was sentenced, that a pardon doesn’t vacate a conviction.