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But isn’t that what the parent says? Fix the underlying laws instead of relying on a single person to randomly overrule the law
by thesumofall 3mo ago
But isn’t that what the parent says? Fix the underlying laws instead of relying on a single person to randomly overrule the law
- roughly 3mo agoFixing the laws takes time.
- Y-bar 3mo agoI don’t think parent commenter says so, he only claims one thing for himself, that pardon power is always a miscarriage of justice. Then he asks another thing of us, which is explicitly excluding himself, indicating that he thinks all laws and all applications of law and justice is fair.
- steve_adams_86 3mo agoWe will always find ourselves in situations in which our existing laws allow for people to fall through cracks. I can see pardoning as a way to address that partially, yet it doesn’t explain what an adequate judgment would be instead. It’s simultaneously important in niche situations and yet too coarse of a solution.