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Originally Posted by Adder
Hm. Not so sure there is any difference between pardoning and not prosecuting. What do you have in mind?
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To be clear: I would greatly prefer he prosecute people.
Failing to prosecute is bad, but is a recognition of the reality of how messy that would be. Pardoning is an affirmative act of forgiveness, which I would truly hate to see for many reasons.
A minor reason is that I don't want anyone (e.g., Rand Paul) to claim that "well, I really would want to prosecute, and I'm sure my party would support me, but Mr. Drone-Killer President went out and pardoned everyone."
A far greater reason is that the President of the United States should not pardon torturers. Ever.
