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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by eadmund on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @07:30AM (#42792060)
> the last 10 years of US politics

Ten? Oh man. Have you read about the FALN commutation? Iran-Contra? Watergate? The 1960 presidential election? Roosevelt (both of them)? Wilson? Lincoln? Those are just a very few of the instances of disrespect for the rule of law that come to mind immediately.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by Terr_ on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:13PM (#42795055)
> Ten? Oh man. Have you read about [older things]

Slow down there, cowboy. "Ten" comes from how the other poster is pointing to a specific legal case, and the conviction which occurred ~9.75 years ago.

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