So, if Stone's spokesperson is asking for a pardon, she's admitting he's guilty ...

[muriel_volestrangler]

... and therefore there's no need for any retrial or any crap like that. That's how American law and pardons work, isn't it? Accepting a pardon, or even asking for one, requires an admission of guilt.

In a new statement, a spokesperson for Roger Stone denounced Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s handling of his sentencing and called on Trump to pardon him.

Link to tweet

“It falls on President Trump to use the power of a pardon as the final means of checks and balances to right this horrible wrong,” Davis said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/feb/20/roger-stone-sentenced-democrats-debate-bloomberg-trump?page=with:block-5e4edde68f0811db2fafb71a#block-5e4edde68f0811db2fafb71a

You can't say "we want an appeal" and "we want a pardon" in the same statement.

[onenote]

1. Accepting a pardon or asking for one does not "require" an admission of guilt.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/26/is-accepting-a-pardon-an-admission-of-guilt/

[Generic Brad]

2. People are biased against criminals

It must suck to be a criminal caught criming as criminals are won’t to do. Law abiding folk frown on that.