Pete Rose Pardon

[quantumleap]

A dead person is automatically free of all criminal/ civil liabilities, right?

Ken Lay was the guy at Enron that was convicted of crimes but appealed them. He died while the crimes were under appeal and therefore:
On October 17, 2006, the conviction was overturned due to abatement ab initio, a legal doctrine which says the death of a defendant during an appeal results in a vacated judgment.

 

[djefferis]

Ok - so he served 5 months in the early 90s.

So what changed (aside from Rose passing away) between Trumps first time and today ?

I suspect we know the answer - not a damn thing.

Just another cheap publicity stunt to distract from the chaos and take advantage of a dead man’s popularity with Joe Public.

If Trump felt so sympathetic - why not pardon him while he was alive ? Fear of Rose saying something and pulling the spotlight away from Trump ?

 

[pasickfuk]

excellent post by Trump.

 

[Tanko]

If Trump really meant it, he could give Rose the Medal of Freedom posthumously.

 

[Archie]

I hear rose was on epstein list.

we will prob never know

 

[jjgold]

This pardon was useless