...no, not at all. I think that if someone is in jail, they should stay in jail. It doesn't matter what kind of crime they committed, they're in jail for a reason, and they should be punished for their crime. If I, as president, were to pardon someone, I would put the legal system to shame by saying "well, even though you convicted him, I think he should not be in jail...so I'm going to utilize my seniority over everyone." The president is a person just like everyone else, and I don't think that one person should have authority over any other person.
The "Pardoning" predicament also gives friends and family of The President an easy way out. Granted, I doubt that anyone closely related to The President will do anything illegal, but there is one black sheep in every family right (...George Bush)? If you had the power to pardon someone in your family, wouldn't you feel obligated to? Not only does it give the people closely related to the president an extra incentive to do something wrong, but it also puts The President in an awkward position in that if he does pardon that close person, it will be all over the news because he only pardoned that person, and if he does not, it will be all over the news that he wouldn't even pardon his family member, which I don't think is fair.
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What about the farmer who accidentally killed 2 bald eagles because the pesticide he used on his field somehow became ingested by an eagle and killed it? Does he deserve to sit in jail for two years?
Just a thought.
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