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minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWait, not only the POTUS can pardon people (to me, already insanity waiting for more abuse), but your state governors TOO? Jesus Christ.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoTo be fair, the people who agreed to it weren’t expecting such balls-out corruption. They were thinking maybe a case gets revealed to be corrupt and instead of waiting years for retrial they can just hit the delete key.
Wait, not only the POTUS can pardon people (to me, already insanity waiting for more abuse), but your state governors TOO?
Jesus Christ.
To be fair, the people who agreed to it weren’t expecting such balls-out corruption.
They were thinking maybe a case gets revealed to be corrupt and instead of waiting years for retrial they can just hit the delete key.