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Originally Posted by TwoBlackEyes
True, but should we have some guy with no law background and whose only knowledge of the case is what is fed to him by people with an agenda decide who gets freed? It's not like god talks to him and tells him who is really innocent. If just randomly pardoning people somehow was beneficial, why the hell not just free everyone?
Letting guilty men walk (and in this case they WERE guilty) doesn't make the system any better.
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I have a serious problem with the pardoning issue as well. It's not even a bandwagon issue -- I'm seriously surprised there isn't more of a public outcry about this. I realize it happens every time new president leaves, but....
why? I understand what you mean by checks and balances, but this isn't really fair...its not like anyone can negate his decision. It's not so much checks and balances as it is a "last laugh" kind of situation...I could maybe understand why these things existed a couple hundred years ago but there is absolutely no need to have it in this day and age.