• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Pardoning crimes is a fucked precedent. When someone is found guilty in a fair trail it can be overruled on the whims of a single person? The US has the strangest idea of justice.

      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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        Got to have some safety net in place in case the courts erroneously decide to rule in favor of the poors on occasion.

        • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          From what I’ve seen lately, those are not the people it seems to be helping.

          I 100% agree that pardoning has its place, but it’s clearly turned into another instance of abuse.