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Pardons are a general tool to forgive (in several senses) a crime. If you look at the history of pardons in the US for example, you'll find examples ranging fro
by thejsjunky 13y ago
Pardons are a general tool to forgive (in several senses) a crime. If you look at the history of pardons in the US for example, you'll find examples ranging from people who were wrongly convicted, to people who got one as a reward for cooperating in investigations, to people who simply had powerful friends.
Which is why I find that reasoning confusing - when you pardon someone, you just do it... and if you care to give a reason you can.
Perhaps it's different in the UK? Is this some limitation on the powers of the House of Lords?
- dyno12345 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon#United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon#United_Kingdom Pardons are extraordinarily rare in the UK and normally only granted for misapplication of the law
- thejsjunky 13y agoThe article seems to say the opposite: 'It is the standard policy of the Government to only grant pardons to those who are considered "morally" innocent of the offence, as opposed to those who may have been wrongly convicted by a misapplication of the law.' It also mentions that in 1996 there was a pardon given as a "reward for information".
- dyno12345 13y agoIt seems to say both that it is and it isn't at different points