Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 31, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just now, ICEMAN! said: Burdick v United States http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-cooper-pardon-pence-holcomb_us_589ca023e4b04061313c0414 “After careful and thoughtful consideration and review, something I’ve thought about every day over the last month, just earlier today I issued a pardon to Mr. Keith Cooper for his past and I believe wrongful armed robbery felony [conviction],” Holcomb said, according to the South Bend Tribune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 31, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, ICEMAN! said: Burdick v United States After Gerald Ford left the White House in 1977, intimates said that the former President privately justified his pardon of Richard Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of the Burdick decision that suggested that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that acceptance carries a confession of guilt. Legal scholars have questioned whether that portion of Burdick is meaningful or merely dicta.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 31, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 31, 2017 6 minutes ago, XC.Morrison said: Look it up. Someone on the news commented this is why W. commuted Scooter Libby's sentence rather than issuing a pardon. Indeed, some pardons expressly state that they are based on the pardoner’s decision that the defendant was actually innocent; https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/26/is-accepting-a-pardon-an-admission-of-guilt/?utm_term=.3cbd0d554bd9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Also, if a person is pardoned, they lose their 5th amendment right not to testify about others involvement in the same matter. A commutation on the other hand, would preserve 5th amendment rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 31 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: The truth is Trump's administration as a whole seems to be headed down the defunding route when it comes to sanctuary cities. No need to get tied up for years in court. considering Trumps rate of failure in court he probably wants to avoid that although defending prob lands him there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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