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A comment on Marcus Hutchins Stopped WannaCry – He Deserves a Pardon. Parent comment

Re:Marcus Hutchins Stopped WannaCry – He Deserves a Pardon by nradov on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:46PM (#19754679)
Pardons can be issued for any reason, or no reason. They are entirely at the discretion of the executive
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Re:Marcus Hutchins Stopped WannaCry – He Deserves a Pardon by reitzensteinm on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:57PM (#19754734)
Parent was arguing whether or not a pardon should be made, not whether it could be made, which or more or less orthogonal.
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Re:Marcus Hutchins Stopped WannaCry – He Deserves a Pardon by jessriedel on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:54PM (#19754726)
That the executive has this power does not make it a good/just thing. Lowpro is discussing the latter.
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