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> Someone needs to be charged with a crime before a pardon can occur. Incorrect, see Gerald Ford's preemptive pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974.
by devb 13y ago
> Someone needs to be charged with a crime before a pardon can occur.
Incorrect, see Gerald Ford's preemptive pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974.
- dllthomas 13y agoMy understanding is that there've been other such cases, too, though obviously lower profile.