Not sure this is where you're headed, but sometimes I just don't pick up on things.
At the time it was occurring, for instance, I didn't perceive a friends bad parenting as actual criminal child/vulnerable person abuse. As time has passed, I have really regretted non-action at the time. In that case the abuse was more acts of omission than commission, but even now, making excuses for my inaction makes me feel like an accessory to what was an ongoing criminal assault.
At the time it was occurring, for instance, I didn't perceive a friends bad parenting as actual criminal child/vulnerable person abuse. As time has passed, I have really regretted non-action at the time. In that case the abuse was more acts of omission than commission, but even now, making excuses for my inaction makes me feel like an accessory to what was an ongoing criminal assault.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
