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Blanket Pardons

Posted on June 24, 2008

Q: Can a president issue a blanket pardon to an individual for crimes that may have been committed in the past but have not yet been discovered? A: Yes. That’s just what Gerald Ford did when he granted "a full, free, and absolute pardon" to Richard Nixon for crimes he …
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