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Rekna · 06-30-2009, 12:18 PM

I don't believe so unless someone could make a constitutional argument. Also the president would not be pardoning but would be commuting parts of their sentence. The problem is the president would get a lot of bad PR and would likely not be re-elected.

EDIT: It looks like DK is right. The president only has the power to pardon/commute federal crimes.

06-30-2009, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	I don't believe so unless someone could make a constitutional argument. Also the president would not be pardoning but would be commuting parts of their sentence. The problem is the president would get a lot of bad PR and would likely not be re-elected. EDIT: It looks like DK is right. The president only has the power to pardon/commute federal crimes. Last edited by Rekna; 06-30-2009 at 12:21 PM..