The Power of Pardons and Democracy
It’s not high on people’s reason to choose a president, but the power of pardons today is often corrupt and the promise of a pardon has been known to encourage crimes. In this discussion of her forthcoming book, Law Professor Kimberly Wehle says though pardons were meant to have good intent, what we see is a patchwork of justice and injustice. She explains why your vote in November so greatly affects our system of justice.
