2007-03-07 07:21:53 · 5 answers · asked by lip11 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No. An executive pardon only commutes the sentence, it does not erase the conviction. The criminal would still have to disclose the fact that he was convicted of the crime.
Unless you are Dick Nixon, who was given a pardon prior to being charged with obstruction of justice and treason.
2007-03-07 07:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by gw_bushisamoron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't nullify the conviction. It pardons (forgives) the crime. If it nullified it, there would be nothing to pardon, and it would be called something else.
2007-03-07 07:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just pardons the crime...so therefore yes the conviction and sentence
2007-03-07 07:26:11 · answer #3 · answered by Mags 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on "Purgery" What a joke!
What about treason?
A tall tree and a quick drop "snap"
I can think of three "Higher-Ups" that deserve that old fashioned process!
Purgery
Damaging our National Security further
Destroying the career of an undercover CIA officer who investigated WMD purchases for over 10 years!
Risking the lives of her contacts all over the world
What about those issues!
They sidestep everything and brush it all under the rug with these little circus court side-shows!
Someone needs to pay! Someone needs to be impeached!
Its a joke
2007-03-07 07:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by scottanthonydavis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, it gives the pardonee complete exhonoration. Remember president Nixon, when he was pardoned, it was as though he had never committed a crime, and he certainly never received jail time. God Bless, Martha S.
2007-03-07 07:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by Martha S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋