Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agoBernie was our compromisefeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBernie was our compromisefeddit.orgUnruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-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-up0·6 days agoCan you pardon someone who hasn’t been found guilty yet?
minus-squareDiva (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agothe president can in fact pardon someone before they are convicted of a crime! Nixon famously pardoned by Ford
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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.