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not sure how it works in the US, but my understanding of a pardon is that you have to be trialed and convicted first, you can't be pardoned in blanco.
by zalew 13y ago
not sure how it works in the US, but my understanding of a pardon is that you have to be trialed and convicted first, you can't be pardoned in blanco.
- wtn 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford#Pardon_of_Nixon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford#Pardon_of_Nixon
- zalew 13y agooh wow. ridiculous petitions aside, too bad he doesn't have any reason to pardon him - it's his last office anyway and the poor dude already put all his cards on the table.
- dllthomas 13y agoIf we collect enough signatures, he'll have to revisit if he wants to retain any credibility. Of course, "enough signatures" might well be upwards of 300 million...
- pyre 13y agoYou can be granted immunity.
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- dllthomas 13y agoThis is not the case in the US - the President's power to pardon is pretty broad, and has been used before conviction numerous times.