In the shadow of Trump’s outgoing and excessive use of the presidential pardon, it might be useful to remember that the intended purpose of this executive power is to right an existing wrong, to correct a judicial mistake, to heal a societal wound, and to uphold the rule of law; not desecrate it. Nor is it to be understood as an assertion of regal authority but rather as the exercise of a solemnly considered act of restorative justice.
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