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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 4549537" data-attributes="member: 45230"><p>Whether accepting a pardon is inherently an admission of guilt is still debated by many law historians.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#cite_note-Five_Myths_About_Pardons-20" target="_blank">[20]</a> According to Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, writing the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States" target="_blank">Burdick v. United States</a></em>, a pardon "carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it." </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States[/URL]</p><p></p><p>The key point is Stone wouldn't be able to appeal after a pardon. Which he wants to do because his of how dirty the prosecutors and judge were.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 4549537, member: 45230"] Whether accepting a pardon is inherently an admission of guilt is still debated by many law historians.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#cite_note-Five_Myths_About_Pardons-20'][20][/URL] According to Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, writing the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States']Burdick v. United States[/URL][/I], a pardon "carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it." [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States[/URL] The key point is Stone wouldn't be able to appeal after a pardon. Which he wants to do because his of how dirty the prosecutors and judge were. [/QUOTE]
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