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To: txhurl

Treason cannot be pardoned because to do so (pardon a traitor) would be treason in itself.


228 posted on 08/30/2018 5:59:31 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
-- Treason cannot be pardoned ... --

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who is frequently identified by the name "Tokyo Rose", convicted 1949. Subsequently, pardoned by President Gerald Ford.

See too, debates of the founding on excluding treason from the pardon power.

232 posted on 08/30/2018 6:12:53 AM PDT by Cboldt
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