@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 months agoTrump says he will look into possible pardons for the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmerwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25arrow-up1290cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
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minus-square@cygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilink39•2 months agoThen pardons should at minimum be the purview of the Senate or House, instead of a single person.
minus-square@brianary@startrek.websitelinkfedilink26•2 months agoI think the rationale is that, when it’s a single individual, they can’t pass the buck or blame the group. It’s a final appeal at a human level. The trick is not electing a troll.
minus-square@jmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink7•2 months agoThat’s how it effectively works in most of the Western world. The head of state usually issue pardons but on advise of the government (especially in countries where the head of state is not the head of government) or an independent comission.
Then pardons should at minimum be the purview of the Senate or House, instead of a single person.
I think the rationale is that, when it’s a single individual, they can’t pass the buck or blame the group. It’s a final appeal at a human level.
The trick is not electing a troll.
That’s how it effectively works in most of the Western world. The head of state usually issue pardons but on advise of the government (especially in countries where the head of state is not the head of government) or an independent comission.