To be fair, these are all crimes that were committed some time ago, and every one of the convicts served their sentences, and there was no recidivism. All the pardon does is restore their non-felon status. It’s true that it is easier to get such a pardon when one is reasonably famous, which is concerning of course.
Yeah, I’m not going to lose sleep over this — though, I will say that the problem with such pardons and it was/is my big beef with that CZ knucklehead...
An actual *pardon* allows them to become eligible to rejoin certain industries that a conviction - even after time-served - blocks them from forever.
I don’t like that.
The perjury and insurance fraud in particular — no, I don’t know the details, but to my mind? One and done. No second chances. Get a different job. You blew your chance.
> All the pardon does is restore their non-felon status. <
That’s quite a bit. A pardon treats the crime as if it never happened. It would seem to me that pardons should be reserved for questionable convictions.
I am particularly concerned when a pardon is issued for a drug crime.