Mr. Clemency

[George K]

Surprised it took so long...

[Jolly]

Heard on the radio today, that privately, several Dems are upset with this one.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Mr. Clemency:

Heard on the radio today, that privately, several Dems are upset with this one.

And they plan to....what?

[Jolly]

Do nothing, I would suspect.

[Mik]

Be upset. But man, he is providing enough Willie Hortons to last for decades.

[George K]

Take comfort in the fact that the murderers are not going to be released.

Right?

RIGHT???

[Mik]

Clemency was never intended to be used in this manner. Totally inappropriate. If you can convince the legislature to abolish capital punishment, great. All for it. But not like this.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Mr. Clemency:

It could happen...

I don’t think so. He could pardon them for past violations of immigration law, but that wouldn’t change their immigration status. They’d be illegal again tomorrow.

[Mik]

It might protect them from prosecution but not deportation.

[George K]

@George-K said in Mr. Clemency:

Mollie continues:

Not sure if #1 is an issue. Did he even know that the law he proposed 25 years ago was a "matter of conscience?"

[George K]

More piling on on the subject of hypocrisy:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1871216903953502547.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

tl;dr - some murderers are more worthy of clemency than others, depending on their political usefulness.

[Mik]

Like I said, a lifetime supply of Willie Hortons for Dem candidates. They will either have to stand up for these moves or condemn them. Neither position is anything they will want to adopt. The squirming will be delicious.

[jon-nyc]

These guys are still in prison for life ineligible for parole. They’re not Willie Hortons.

[Mik]

Oh, yes. Yes, they are.

[George K]

I'm still curious about the metric that POTATUS used to decide which murderers are good enough to keep alive. Apparently baby-killing or witness murder is a get-out-of-the-chair-free card.

From the guy who crafted a bill that was broad enough to imprison you for jaywalking.