07-21-17, 09:42 AM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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^Spells guilty to me
The precedent is: Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon?? https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-nixon-pardon-in-retrospect-40-years-later/
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A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted 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. It is the private though official act of the executive magistrate, delivered to the individual for whose benefit it is intended. A private deed, not communicated to him, whatever may be its character, whether a pardon or release, is totally unknown and cannot be acted on.
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Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915):
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A pardoned person must introduce the pardon into court proceedings, otherwise the pardon must be disregarded by the court.
To do this, the pardoned person must accept the pardon. If a pardon is rejected, it cannot be forced upon its subject.
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Naturally, anyone who accepts a pardon carries the implication of guilt for whatever the pardon is bestowed   
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