BrikoX to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 12 hours agoMAGA is pushing a pardon for George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvinwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkMAGA is pushing a pardon for George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvinwww.independent.co.ukBrikoX to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·11 hours agoWell, Chauvin is serving 20+ years on federal charges and 20+ years on state charges Trump can’t pardon state charges
minus-squaregoldfish_brain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·11 hours agoHe wanted to do his time at a federal prison for safety as part of his plea deal. Maybe a pardon sends his ass back to state prison.
minus-square474D@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 hours agoCan you pardon someone against their will?
minus-squareKickMeElmo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 hours agoSeems they can reject it, like the one J6 MAGA-ite who did.
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoI think you can decline it.
minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-210 hours agoCast him down with the sodomites General population
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 hours agoThat’s perfect, then! He can pardon him, really underscoring just how out of touch MAGA is, while also being totally and utterly impotent.
minus-squarebradinutah@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 hours agoI’m certain the Governor of Minnesota won’t be handing out a pardon in his case.
Well, Chauvin is serving 20+ years on federal charges and 20+ years on state charges
Trump can’t pardon state charges
He wanted to do his time at a federal prison for safety as part of his plea deal. Maybe a pardon sends his ass back to state prison.
Can you pardon someone against their will?
Seems they can reject it, like the one J6 MAGA-ite who did.
I think you can decline it.
Cast him down with the sodomites
General population
That’s perfect, then! He can pardon him, really underscoring just how out of touch MAGA is, while also being totally and utterly impotent.
I’m certain the Governor of Minnesota won’t be handing out a pardon in his case.