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I prefer a world in which a governor can pardon someone on death row than one where they can't. It's on us to not put in politicians that will abuse that power.
by _DeadFred_ 1y ago
I prefer a world in which a governor can pardon someone on death row than one where they can't. It's on us to not put in politicians that will abuse that power.
- krapp 1y agoI'd prefer a world where we don't have death row. A world in which we have to grant people arbitrary and unchecked power to overrule a justice system we can't trust, and can only hope they happen to be incorruptible, doesn't seem preferable.
- oskarkk 1y agoPower of pardon could be limited in many ways, for example commuting a death sentence to a prison sentence could be allowed. Or commuting a long prison sentence to a shorter sentence, with some lower limit. It's not binary.