• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I think you can, especially when the sentence is still life in prison. Remember that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt, so they would not ever be paroled.

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      4 months ago

      These weren’t pardons, but commuted sentences. I don’t know what the stipulations surrounding that are

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        4 months ago

        Well I have to admit I agree with the court there. A pardon should not be an admission of guilt. So even though that changes what I said, I have to concur with them. Thank you for letting me know.