A pesar de la controversia que los rodea, los indultos presidenciales pueden prestar un servicio: la cuestión es cómo se utilizan.
- Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, UMass Amherst
Despite the controversy surrounding them, presidential pardons can provide a service – the question is how they are used.
‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.
Speculation has swirled over whom President Trump may pardon before leaving office. But why do presidents have the right to pardon, and how should it be used?
‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.
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