• wolfpack86@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    She’s still a convicted felon and was serving her time on home confinement. She served several years in actual prison. She has not been forgiven for her crime.

    I really don’t understand Lemmy. People massively confusing pardons and sentence commutations. Further being outraged at the horrors of the American prison system, yet being pissed when people aren’t imprisoned enough.

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      13 days ago

      One of the people he pardoned was a judge responsible for the cash-for-kids scandal. A judge who took money to send kids to for profit prisons. I just can’t fathom that they’re someone deserving of a pardon.

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        12 days ago

        I think my point is she did real time in prison (like 5 years?). And if your concern is that someone who steals 10k gets more time, my question is:

        Does she deserve more time or do they deserve less?

        This forum likes to decry inhumane sentences which is great, but I hope you can see the misalignment in views when the same hive mind wants her to be locked away for much longer.