[cyberax]

And then we have presidents that almost uniformly pardon people convicted of the grossest war crimes.

Trump pardoned Clint Lorance who ordered murder of civilians. Before that, William Calley convicted of multiple murders had his sentence commuted by Nixon to 3 years of house arrest.

[vkou]

> multiple murders

That's selling the Mai Lai massacre short. Hundreds of rapes and murders, convicted by a court of law.

Commuted to three years house arrest.

[SllX]

All I’ll say is the President’s pardon power either needs to die, or be massively rethought. I’m not a fan lately.