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The president has the power to pardon; he does not have the power to overturn a conviction. That would require a constitutional amendment. The British parliame
by razakel 2y ago
The president has the power to pardon; he does not have the power to overturn a conviction. That would require a constitutional amendment.
The British parliament has recently done exactly that in the wake of the Horizon scandal - the convictions have been deleted and considered to have never happened.
- justinclift 2y agoThanks. Am just trying to think through how a potential dodgy president could manage to get themselves cleared of things like that. ;)