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Lawyer question: acceptance if a pardon is acceptance if guilt of the crime? Can acceptance of a pardon be used as evidence of guilt in other

Posted by TWuG Dec 2 '20, 09:53

Courts?

The same crime can often be charged in both State and Federal courts. If you accept a pardon for a federal crime, admitting guilt, can that guilt be used as evidence in a state trial for the same crime?

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Nope. Accepting a pardon is not an expression of guilt. - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 11:13 2
- What about Burdick v. United States? -- nm - Max Dec 2, 11:19
- And the Center for American Progress has a nice summary of clemency. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 11:15

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