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   Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 05:27:48 JST Jorge Stolfi

   Should Biden pardon Luigi Mangione?

   Yeah, sure he is a cold-blooded murderer. But when Trump pardoned at least six cold-blooded murderers, the Right approved, and the Left just tsk-tsked, shrugged, and carried on...

   If the institution of Presidential Pardon is not used to protect vile criminals from justice, what is it there for?

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     Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 00:02:39 JST Jorge Stolfi

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     • Krystyna

     @krystyna

     But neither were the six that Trump pardoned...

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     Krystyna (krystyna@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 00:02:40 JST Krystyna

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     @JorgeStolfi

     Surely you jest.

     There are parameters under which pardons are granted for one.

     No way Mangione is a candidate.

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     Jorge Stolfi (jorgestolfi@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 03:39:29 JST Jorge Stolfi

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     • Michael Westergaard

     @michael

     I would even argue that the Legislature should never make a law or decision that is specific to a person, group, or company. To get the effect you mention, it would have to make a law that applies to anyone who meets very broad conditions. Like cancelling the sentence of *everyone* who has been convicted of (say) only marijuana possession, or copyright, or buying a gun while using drugs, or... Or of *every* police officer who killed someone while trying to rob a bank...

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     Michael Westergaard (michael@westergaard.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 03:39:31 JST Michael Westergaard

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     Nobody should be pardoned. I'd argue not even an innocent person should be pardoned, and much less a cold-blooded murderer. Powers are partitioned for a reason, and pardoning breaks that partitioning. An innocent person should be set free by the judiciary, not the executive. A guilty person should only be set free by the legislative. The executive should also not be able to make laws.