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> Despite a burst of pardons and commutations in his last hours in office, Donald Trump used his executive clemency power less frequently than nearly every othe
by thakoppno 4y ago
> Despite a burst of pardons and commutations in his last hours in office, Donald Trump used his executive clemency power less frequently than nearly every other president since the turn of the 20th century, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Justice Department data.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/22/trump-used-his-clemency-power-sparingly-despite-a-raft-of-late-pardons-and-commutations/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/22/trump-used-...
- kornork 4y agoI mean... fine, but IMO it's not the number of pardons issued that made this top of mind, but rather the constant controversy around people given pardons, gossip about people who requested pardons, and speculation about the legality of a potential self-pardon.
- rufus_foreman 4y agoAs opposed to the non-existent controversy over Carter pardoning draft dodgers? Or the non-existent controversy over Clinton pardoning Patty Hearst and members of the Weather Underground? Or the non-existent controversy over Clinton pardoning his half-brother? Or the non-existent controversy over Obama commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning?
- CrazyPyroLinux 4y agoThat last one was a win.
- thakoppno 4y agoBetween Manning and Assange, whom do you think is more deserving of a pardon?
- CrazyPyroLinux 4y agoFalse dichotomy; pardon them both, plus Snowden. But if what you're fishing for is that Assange did more for the world, was more dis-proportionally persecuted with less legal justification, then yes.
- thakoppno 4y agoThe idea I’m trying to explore is the appropriateness of all the presidential pardon decisions. I agree with you, both deserve pardons. Listing the pardons by appropriateness is just one component that may help analyze the issue. That’s what I meant by asking the question.
- kadoban 4y agoFewer in number, but much higher in corrupt intent, even compared with the usual bunch of ~sketchy pardons for donors and friends.
- thakoppno 4y agoWould you mind elaborating on which ones you found sketchy, preferably spanning administrations? Above all I do not want to argue politics. I am not a supporter of the previous President. Nor am I a supporter of the current. In the past I have voted for Democrats and Republicans but I’m pretty sure it’s protest 3rd party votes for me for the foreseeable future.