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HashtagSEP posted...

I'm not sure this one specifically makes sense, since it's very often argued that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.

The whole "forgiveness" thing falls more in line, since it could basically be like saying "Well what you did was technically a crime but it's a dumb/minor/whatever crime and you're clearly not that bad so I forgive you/you're pardoned."

traditionally it meant guilt yes, only recently has it been accepted as not necessarily meaning guilt. clearest example of these would be everything related to the innocence project since they're literally not guilty of anything.

though for what i said there, you're still guilty of a crime. i was thinking more whistleblowers or civil rights activists, things where yeah, you committed a crime, but it shouldn't have been one that had any punishment to it. didn't say that last bit but i think that clears it up as a separate position than the cases where you're saying you've committed no crime.

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