(April 24, 2022 at 3:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:On the contrary, a pardoned murderer is still a murderer, he's just been absolved of punishment. In accepting a pardon you essentially admit you did the crime and therefore are accepting that you are being forgiven of that crime.(April 24, 2022 at 12:26 am)Huggy Bear Wrote: Does a pardon absolve one of their misdeeds?
A pardon isn't the same as substitutive redemption. If the State vacates your conviction for murder via a pardon, you are no longer a murderer. If I go to prison for a murder you commit, you're still a murderer.
Boru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States
Quote:A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed.
Quote:Justice Joseph McKenna delivered the opinion of the Court in favor of Burdick. The Court ruled Burdick was entitled to reject the pardon for a number of reasons, including the implicit admission of guilt and possibly objectionable terms contained in a conditional pardon.*emphasis mine*