Presidential pardon

[Pat Mustard]

I don't agree.

Pardons can be used wisely. Guess what this current guy isn't.

The US pardon system is designed to allow the president of the day to help his friends and allies escape the consequences of their criminal acts.

A properly set up pardon system does three things, 1) provide a remedy for the wrongfully convicted wheere it's impossible or too burdensome to go through the courts to gain that remedy 2) to posthumously clear the name of a wrongfully convicted person or 3) to fix the legal consequences of bad law for those convicted of it.  The US system really isn't set up to do any of these things.

And even if it were it has none of the features, such as an expert group to investigate matter, limits on what's allowable, an audit system &c., that would allow for proper implementation of such a system.

Actually there is a fourth case where a pardon would be merited, performance of an act to the common good of greater value than that removed by the crime previously committed. Of course this one would have to be the most stringently policed.