They could be pardoned but still would be liable to being sent away if there was still a rule of law. Pardoning isn’t excusing.
It kinda is:
pardon
noun
- kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- Law.
- release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor.
- the document by which such remission is declared.
- forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
- Obsolete. a papal indulgence.