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To: Sean_Anthony

Can a pardon be issued for crimes never indicted or convicted of? I doubt it as that would open an entire can of worms.


2 posted on 07/07/2016 7:42:45 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: SolidRedState
Can a pardon be issued for crimes never indicted or convicted of? I doubt it as that would open an entire can of worms.

That's exactly how Ford pardoned Nixon.

7 posted on 07/07/2016 9:01:12 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: SolidRedState
Can a pardon be issued for crimes never indicted or convicted of? I doubt it as that would open an entire can of worms.

Nixon was neither indicted, nor convicted of a thing when he was pardoned by Ford. The precedent was set long ago...

the infowarrior

8 posted on 07/07/2016 9:19:49 AM PDT by infowarrior
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