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To: manc

Blanket pardon without specific names is called amnesty. It carries the same force as individual pardons. Look it up in any actual legal dictionary.


8 posted on 11/16/2016 7:15:27 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

but you cannot pardon for future crimes,and you can;t do a blanket amnesty as you don;t know when others have come in after the pardon.blanket amnesty.


14 posted on 11/16/2016 7:21:02 AM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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