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Cicada

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5. We shouldn't make pardons harder

Reply to KWR65 (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 08:02 PM

Dec 2020

If we make it harder to pardon a bad person then it will be harder to pardon ten who deserve it.

I’m willing to help a creep if that is necessary to save compassionate justice. For instance enough cruel politicians would block pardons for non violent marijuana salesmen serving 50 years.

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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