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The quality of mercy is tough to measure, but the quantity of mercy has not been strained in Washington recently.
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
And yet, the power of the presidential pardon, based on the embrace of the concepts of mercy and amnesty, essentially guarantees that, in fact, a select few are actually not held accountable for crimes they have been found guilty of.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Biden doesn't realize this now, but his act of mercy will resound through me, bearing fruit that will outlive his time on this earth.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
But Professor Sarat says the pardon power has come to be used less as an act of mercy and more as a tool to rectify injustice.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
And yet, the power of the presidential pardon, based on the embrace of the concepts of mercy and amnesty, essentially guarantees that, in fact, a select few are actually not held accountable for crimes they have been found guilty of.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Biden doesn't realize this now, but his act of mercy will resound through me, bearing fruit that will outlive his time on this earth.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
But Professor Sarat says the pardon power has come to be used less as an act of mercy and more as a tool to rectify injustice.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Of mercy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20mercy. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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