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In Article Two, Section Two, Clause One, the United States Constitution gives the president “the Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
In Federalist #74, Alexander Hamilton provided the rationale for such a broad grant of authority to the president. Without some recourse to “exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt,” Hamilton added, “justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.” This “benign prerogative” should be put in the hands of one person, and fettered or embarrassed “as little as possible,” because recognition by the president that “the fate of a fellow creature depending on his sole fiat would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution [and] the dread of being accused of weakness or connivance would beget equal circumspection.”
thinking twice about things. he made these determinations on his own. i did speak with his former justice cabinet secretary john tilly who recommended against many of these pardons and commutations saying ultimately the governor made his own decision. he ignored his own state police commissioner who said after investigating and looking into the patrick baker case that mr. baker was guilty. the governor pretty much ignored his, you know, legal counsel, his justice cabinet secretary and his state police commissioner and made the decision on his own which has many wondering if we should change the pardon powers in kentucky. i do want to say one thing, many are saying kentuckians are opposed to criminal justice reform. that isn t the case. rand paul, holly harris, others have been at the forefront of criminal justice reform. the question here is, the access certain people had over others to get their applications in front of the governor who is able to get this sop s case
which were. there were a couple accused of that whose sentences i commuted. he goes on to describe why he thinks their convictions were flawed here. what stands out to you here? the case of mika schultz convicted of raping a 9-year-old child the governor went on to explain to terry, a radio host in louisville, how there was no physical evidence. when pressed on that the former governor said their hymans weren t broke, saying the victim and her sister neither hymans were broke at that over that case. former medical professionals here and now pretty much saying that has nothing to do with someone has been sexually assaulted or not. saying the governor may not know the basic anatomy of women but that has nothing to do with it. that raised a lot of eyebrows. the pardon powers here in kentucky like in most states given the governor god-like powers to come in and extinguish
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