'No idea who he is', says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon

Re:'No idea who he is', says Trump after pardoning crypto ty... by _DeadFred_ on Monday November 03, 2025 @03:18PM (#45803881)

I prefer a world in which a governor can pardon someone on death row than one where they can't. It's on us to not put in politicians that will abuse that power.

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Re:'No idea who he is', says Trump after pardoning crypto ty... by krapp on Monday November 03, 2025 @07:01PM (#45805993)

I'd prefer a world where we don't have death row.

A world in which we have to grant people arbitrary and unchecked power to overrule a justice system we can't trust, and can only hope they happen to be incorruptible, doesn't seem preferable.

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Re:'No idea who he is', says Trump after pardoning crypto ty... by oskarkk on Monday November 03, 2025 @11:07PM (#45807324)

Power of pardon could be limited in many ways, for example commuting a death sentence to a prison sentence could be allowed. Or commuting a long prison sentence to a shorter sentence, with some lower limit. It's not binary.

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