I don’t think the president can pardon someone convicted by a state court.
I really hope you are right!
It will be someone that has a huge following with the hippie, liberal college professor/student crowd.
Change my prediction to: Leonard Peltier
That’s right - no pardon for Mumia except from the Gov of Pennsylvania.
That’s right - no pardon for Mumia except from the Gov of Pennsylvania.
Federal courts can,and do,reverse convictions handed down in state courts so one might expect that the Federal Executive,the President,can *pardon* such people.The reverse,however,clearly isn't true...a Governor cannot pardon someone convicted in a Federal court.I suppose I could be wrong...I'm certainly not a lawyer.I didn't even stay in a Holiday Inn last night.