Comment on Should the next President of the US pardon Trump for all his crap like Ford did Nixon?
Aeao@lemmy.world 1 week agoI do think you have to admit to the crime tho. I could be wrong but accepting a pardon means you agree you were guilty I believe.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
You don’t have to actively admit to it, though you are right that something like this was held here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States
Aeao@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Interesting. So you don’t have to admit it but if you accept the pardon you are essentially guilty.
“implicit admission of guilt” it says.
I would assume that means that media could say you are guilty and you couldn’t sue them for slander. Like you don’t have to say you are guilty but you cant claim you are innocent… well you can claim anything I guess but yeah people could safely call you guilty at that point.