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Snowden can't be pardoned since he hadn't been convicted.
by nikehat 7y ago
Snowden can't be pardoned since he hadn't been convicted.
- jlgaddis 7y agoI wasn't around then but, if I'm not mistaken, Nixon hadn't been convicted when Ford pardoned him shortly after assuming the Presidency. ETA: According to Wikipedia [0]: > The pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction. It seems that, in the U.S. at least, one can be preemptively pardoned. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon