You are an idiot! Pardon A pardon is a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime, to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.
132 posted on 10/11/2016 5:53:11 AM PDT by philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
This has been discussed many times on FR, and some random dictionary citation does not determine legal meanings. Ford’s pardon of Nixon, and a few court cases like Burdick v. United States in 1915 establish the legal details.
133 posted on 10/11/2016 5:57:43 AM PDT by jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")