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The specific situation applied in Burdick. The court ruled they could reject a pardon given before prosecution thus avoiding the need to testify about someone
by Retric 2y ago
The specific situation applied in Burdick.
The court ruled they could reject a pardon given before prosecution thus avoiding the need to testify about someone else. It would be a moot point if the pardon was invalid.
- lupire 2y agoTo be clear "they" (who can reject a person) is the recipient of the pardon, not the court. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States But that's not the relevant part of Burdock for this thread. The relevant part is that an (accepted!) pardon does apply before indictment.
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