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Ms. Toad

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4. No. A handful, relatively speaking, of pardons of undeserving people is a small price to pay

Reply to KWR65 (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 07:49 PM

Dec 2020

for the ability of a compassionate president to mete out mercy when our system of justice fails the least among us.

"etter that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer." - William Blackstone

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We Need A constitutional amendment to require 3/4 of the Senate to Pardon anyone of a federal crime. [View all] KWR65 Dec 2020 OP

We need a lot of Constitutional Amendments maxsolomon Dec 2020 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #2

We could just eliminate pardons sarisataka Dec 2020 #3

No. A handful, relatively speaking, of pardons of undeserving people is a small price to pay Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #4

We shouldn't make pardons harder Cicada Dec 2020 #5