>Pardon is by definition an admission of guilt That is one of the oldest myths about pardons. While you do not have to accept a pardon, your acceptance is not

>Pardon is by definition an admission of guilt That is one of the oldest myths about pardons. While you do not have to accept a pardon, your acceptance is not an admission of guilt. All the soldiers in the Confederacy did not have to admit their guilt. All the Vietnam draft dodgers did not have to admit their guilt. And Caspar Weinberger did not admit his guilt when Bush 41 pardoned him, because neither thought he had committed a crime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-presidential-pardons/2018/06/06/18447f84-69ba-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths...