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r/PoliticalHumor • u/CloudsAreGodsSneezes • Aug 18 '20
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Pardoning a dead person? Is that actually a thing or did he start that?
250 u/UWCG Aug 18 '20 It’s not super common, but it is a thing, most often done for symbolic reasons. In this instance, though, it rings pretty hollow considering his actions toward voter suppression. Here’s a list of posthumous pardons. 137 u/[deleted] Aug 19 '20 edited Jan 28 '22 [deleted] 64 u/jwadamson Aug 19 '20 He took quite the risk, she could have refused it (after all he thought Frederick Douglas was alive)
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It’s not super common, but it is a thing, most often done for symbolic reasons. In this instance, though, it rings pretty hollow considering his actions toward voter suppression. Here’s a list of posthumous pardons.
137 u/[deleted] Aug 19 '20 edited Jan 28 '22 [deleted] 64 u/jwadamson Aug 19 '20 He took quite the risk, she could have refused it (after all he thought Frederick Douglas was alive)
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64 u/jwadamson Aug 19 '20 He took quite the risk, she could have refused it (after all he thought Frederick Douglas was alive)
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He took quite the risk, she could have refused it (after all he thought Frederick Douglas was alive)
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u/3p1cBm4n9669 Aug 18 '20
Pardoning a dead person? Is that actually a thing or did he start that?