[dragonwriter]

Yes, and given the current administration’s pardon practice, being shamelessly unrepentant and flagrantly likely to be a recidivist looks more like a positive than a negative consideration.

[analog31]

A thought just came to me, that the selling of indulgences triggered the Reformation.

[ahazred8ta]

It's been a moneymaker for a long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31-line_Indulgence