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Nixon was pardoned and charges weren't even filed against him. This is not without precedent.
by wl 14y ago
Nixon was pardoned and charges weren't even filed against him.
This is not without precedent.
- smackfu 14y agoNixon was pardoned against future charges. The dead can have no future criminal charges. A pardon would be the same as the government just issuing a formal apology.
- rprasad 14y agoNixon was still alive at the time of his pardon and thus was still in a position to be convicted. There is no precedent for pardoning a dead person who was not convicted of a crime because it is a legal impossibility as described above.