Trumpkins, meanwhile, will not see anything wrong with this.
"If you are ever asking yourself 'Is Trump lying or is he stupid?', the answer is most likely C: All of the Above" - Seth Meyers
Someone linked Burdick v. US which was discussed and explained away as it was a specific case that was about the right to refuse a pardon because acceptance of it gave the public impression of guilt - not an admission of guilt.
The very concept of a pardon requiring admission of guilt is illogical. If a political executive (president, governor, etc) believes a person innocent, requiring an admission of guilt to accept the pardon is ludicrous.
Funny, based on the evidence, he was released. People might have suspected, but he wasn't charged.
You know. Like Trump was.
"Likely" isn't something anyone in the rabid fanbase should use here. By the way, "self defense" still doesn't fit the situation of a naked guy killed and the death never being reported. That's just regular old murdering a guy.
This is true. But no less than yours does.
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I disagree he was not within his rights to self defense just because he had him stripped and was naked. If he gets a hold of the handgun, the Lt. could be dead instead. Sounds like they did not dispute his self defense claim, but still found him guilty of unpremeditated murder. Does not sound right to me.
" If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.." - Abraham Lincoln
“ The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to - prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms..” - Samuel Adams
By definition a pardon is forgiveness for an offense. It doesn't really make much sense to forgive someone for an act they said they didn't do. If you really believe they didn't do it, you shouldn't be offering forgiveness for it. And Presidents don't have constitutional authority to exonerate people of crimes, that's up to the courts.
For context the Burdick vs US thing is available at http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/...srep236079.pdf rather than just the wiki link. The key passage:
It doesn't say anything about public impressions, it says what they are. Even ignoring that though, you have department of justice pardon guidelines at https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardo...d-instructionsThere are substantial differences between legislative immunity and a pardon; the latter carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it, while the former is non-committal and tantamount to silence of the witness.
A pardon is not a sign of vindication and does not connote or establish innocence. For that reason, when considering the merits of a pardon petition, pardon officials take into account the petitioner's acceptance of responsibility, remorse, and atonement for the offense.There's nothing really stopping you from claiming your innocent even after you've received a pardon. But in the eyes of the law you're still guilty, and if you wanted to change that you really should have been going through the courts via appeals processes rather than applying for a pardon.While a presidential pardon will restore various rights lost as a result of the pardoned offense and should lessen to some extent the stigma arising from a conviction, it will not erase or expunge the record of your conviction. Therefore, even if you are granted a pardon, you must still disclose your conviction on any form where such information is required, although you may also disclose the fact that you received a pardon.
I really don't give a crap because the deceased wasn't an American citizen.
The only "right" non-Americans have when one of our soldiers puts a gun in their face is simple: do as you're told and answer all questions.
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"Independence forever!" --- President John Adams
"America is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." --- President John Quincy Adams
"Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!" --- President Andrew Jackson
"Independence forever!" --- President John Adams
"America is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." --- President John Quincy Adams
"Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!" --- President Andrew Jackson
"Independence forever!" --- President John Adams
"America is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." --- President John Quincy Adams
"Our Federal Union! It must be preserved!" --- President Andrew Jackson
Bullshit. Just because he isn't American, doesn't mean he doesn't have rights. Specifically if this fucking dumbass did what he was convicted of. Kidnapping him, stripping him naked, then executing him? This guy deserves to go back to prison and the pardon removed. He is nothing but a piece of shit. He isn't judge, jury, and executioner. This isn't the Judge Dredd Universe.
I would imagine there are soldiers who aren't too happy with the pardon. The military has standards. With power comes responsibility. This man allowed himself to cross a hard line and those with integrity would find it hard just to sign away their responsibility for such actions.
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