On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:02:38 -0800 (PST), haterofneocons@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>On Nov 24, 4:29 pm, Kent Wills <compu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:09:07 -0800 (PST), "Mr. Politeness Man"
>>
>> <perryneh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >But the question remains ... must one be INDICTED or CONVICTED to be
>> >PARDONED?
>>
>> No.
>> Nixon hadn't been convicted of any crime, yet Ford was able to
>> pardon him.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bless me, Father, for I have committed an original sin.
>> I poked a badger with a spoon.
>
>according to Sean Hannity the other night on his show, Bush cannot
>pardon anyone unless they have been convicted and served 5 years of
>their term. yes, those the words of the "expert" neocon Sean
>Hannity.....
>
>so, no breakfast for bonzo for those nazi/commie/fascist tinfoil
>hatted neocons.
Sean Hannity is wrong. There is a precedent for pardons before a
suspect is charged. If one hasn't yet been charged with a crime, they
can't be convicted, since there's not yet been a trial.
Nixon wasn't charged with any crime, yet Ford was able to pardon
him.
You don't have to like it, but you do have to accept it.
--
"The Doctor is coming..."
-- Dalek Cann, 'Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth'
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