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To: gov_bean_ counter

Even someone convicted of a non-federal state crime?


21 posted on 10/29/2017 3:32:32 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner

No he can’t do that. State offenses can only be pardoned by a Governor.


92 posted on 10/29/2017 4:56:36 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: CatOwner
NO.

It's in plain language in the Supreme Law of the United States:

he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States

124 posted on 10/29/2017 11:17:51 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come 'round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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