Posted on 09/25/2020 7:46:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
Now that the dust has relatively settled on President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence, it’s worth examining the issue of clemency and what the previous eight presidents have done prior to President Trump.
Vocabulary 101
Clemency refers to a variety of options – including commutation, pardons, remissions, and respites – that the president can grant to an individual or to a group. Clemency bestowed based on an executive order, such as that exercised by Jimmy Carter or by Gerald Ford, can forgive the crimes of hundreds or thousands of people in one fell swoop.
Commutation is the complete or partial reduction of the sentence for those already in prison, on parole, or on community supervision. A commutation makes no assertion of innocence or guilt but serves nevertheless to relieve a convicted party of either incarceration time, associated fines, or other penalties.
Pardons, on the other hand, not only forgive past crimes, but they also restore civil rights, including the right to vote. A pardon offers exoneration of a crime and any fines or any other penalties imposed upon an individual.
A remission, sparingly employed, decreases a financial penalty levied as a result of a conviction. A respite offers a temporary reprieve, primarily granted to an inmate for some medical reason.
Pouncing on the Case
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It’s part of liberal insanity, Kaslin.
They HAVE to project onto others what they, themselves, are actually doing or have done because they NEVER take full responsibility for any of their actions...ever.
They live in a fantasy world and rabidly condemn anyone that brings reality into it in any way, shape or form. We’ve all seen it over and over again. They’re a despicable, American-hating bunch.
DemocRAT: Never having to take responsibility for ones own actions.
The primary argument tools of the left:
1. ad-hominem attack.
2. Projection
3. Deflection.
We all may use those “less than honorable” tools from time to time, but for the left it is their MO.
Liberals wrote the book on “less than honorable” and hold all the records.
Bookmark!!
The mafia wishes they could pull scams as much as the democrats do.
When a hack gets in the democrat party they are not called members they are called made asset.
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