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To: Tipllub

Can a President pardon a person prior to a conviction? I don’t think so, that would be a pardon after his presidency ended.


11 posted on 12/01/2022 7:36:52 PM PST by matthew fuller (Murrill McLean Award, for cowardice by a Policeman, shooting of 12 lb. Mini-Dachshund. Danville, VA)
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To: matthew fuller
Can a President pardon a person prior to a conviction?

Didn't Ford pardon Nixon before Nixon was even charged with anything?


14 posted on 12/01/2022 8:24:01 PM PST by Izzatso
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To: matthew fuller

Pardons, even blanket pardons not naming individuals, before charges has been done several times in US history. Confederates in the aftermath of the Civil War, Vietnam draft dodgers, and Richard Nixon are examples.


16 posted on 12/01/2022 9:06:30 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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