The decision by President Joe Biden to pardon his son, Hunter, despite previously suggesting he would not do so, has reopened debate over the use of the presidential pardon.
The decision by President Joe Biden to pardon his son, Hunter, despite previously suggesting he would not do so, has reopened debate over the use of the presidential pardon.
Yes, Biden made a bad decision
However
Trump pardoned all his friends and heavy criminals before, nobody gave a damn. He said he’d pardon all those in the January 6 coup , and he would pardon himself.
Biden did the right thing, not only for his family, because of course, but also to start this debate. Hopefully we can stop presidential pardons before trump gets in. Not that it will matter, trump will just do whatever the fuck he wants
I’m not sure getting rid of presidential pardons is right either. There are cases of provably innocent people on death row who have been saved from execution by presidential pardon because the justice system otherwise failed them. It’s not a perfect system, and it has failed more than it has saved, but until we reform the justice system (and probably ban the death penalty) stopping presidential pardons is a terrible idea.
If innocent people in jail is a problems then pardons are NOT the solution.
Fix the damn broken justice system. A fair justice system doesn’t have as it’s main goal to jail criminals, it has as its main goal to keep the innocent out.
Better have a few criminals who unjustly stay out of jail than having a few innocents in jail