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Old 08-28-2017, 02:21 PM   #8580
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The presidential power to pardon has always seemed like a bizarre thing to me (for presidents on both sides) Theoretically, a president can pardon, say, a relative who killed someone while driving drunk, right?

What was the reason for that power to be implemented in the first place?
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