NomNom@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agoTIL that last month, a rich man in New Jersey killed a pedestrian and left the scene. He was put on trial. The jury found him guilty. 15 minutes later, he walked out free. www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down115
arrow-up1673arrow-down1external-linkTIL that last month, a rich man in New Jersey killed a pedestrian and left the scene. He was put on trial. The jury found him guilty. 15 minutes later, he walked out free. www.nytimes.comNomNom@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·edit-213 days agoIts clear pardons are a major component of institutionalized corruption and should have some kind of formal review process by legislative bodies.
minus-squareAlwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoImo if you attempt a pardon, and are overruled by either a majority of the state Congress or subsequently a majority of your electorate. You may split the sentence between yourselves equally. And federal pardons should simply be abolished.
Its clear pardons are a major component of institutionalized corruption and should have some kind of formal review process by legislative bodies.
Imo if you attempt a pardon, and are overruled by either a majority of the state Congress or subsequently a majority of your electorate. You may split the sentence between yourselves equally.
And federal pardons should simply be abolished.