Elon Musk has joined calls for President Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020. A Trump pardon would end Chauvin’s 20-year sentence on federal convictions for violating Floyd’s civil rights, but Trump does not have the power to commute Chauvin’s 22.5-year sentence on state murder charges.
  • @madcaesar@lemmy.world
    23•1 month ago

    People lose their shit over jury nullification, yet somehow pardons are A-OK

    Pardons should not be a thing, in my lifetime its pretty much only been used for scummy shit.