Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentences
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The White House says it is the highest number of presidential acts of clemency in a single day.
    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      15 days ago

      It’s supposed to be a check on the judicial system.

      This is a perfect use of it:

      In October 2022, Biden issued a full pardon for those who had been convicted of simple possession of marijuana, and later expanded that to include other marijuana-related offenses.

    • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion

      The American Revolution was a bourgeois one which didn’t benefit the yeoman farmer. This working class one sparked up immediately when the federal government was still very weak and trying to tax a subsistence commodity. The leaders were pardoned to prevent a larger rebellion from breaking out over their execution. Prior to that the pardon power was supposed to be an act of congress.