Questions tagged [pardon]
A government act to nullify a criminal charge or conviction of a person.
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Can use of a pre-emptive pardon also be illegal obstruction of justice?
It seems well established that the President does indeed have the right to preemptively pardon people for crimes they have not yet been convicted of, so that is not my question.
Right now there are ...
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Is there something legally stronger than a pardon that does not constitute an admission of guilt?
According to the Wikipedia page on pardons:
In some jurisdictions, accepting such a pardon implicitly constitutes an admission of guilt (see Burdick v. United States in the United States), so in ...
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Does anyone besides the president have the authority to pardon?
There have been cases such as Antonio Bascaró, who has been in prison for 37 years because of non-violent marijuana charges. President Obama has had the opportunity to pardon him, but it was denied ...
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Does the President's Pardon authority extend to crimes not committed at the time of the pardon?
Does the U.S. Constitutional power of the President to pardon extend to crimes not yet committed?
I know Ford gave Nixon a blanket pardon, but he did so for acts that (might have) been committed in ...
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Can Clinton be pardoned without being charged or convicted?
Is it possible for someone to be pardoned if they haven't been convicted or even charged with a crime?
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Does the concept of presidential pardon have a justification in terms of separation between the executive and the judiciary? (France)
First of all, I have no experience in Law, I was just "philosophically" interested by a question related to it. I hope it is not off topic.
The French President François Hollande is considering ...
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