Missouri governor pardons couple who aimed guns at BLM protesters

[Dill]

(08-10-2021, 04:11 PM)jj22 Wrote: I wonder if "anyone" would be able to do this and get pardoned.

I think "anyone" who was armed and stood his ground before BLM protestors in Missouri would, yes.

That's why the pardon in this case has so many up in arms.

It defeats the purpose of pardon power to use it for political ends, rather than to 
protect defendants from gross injustice.

That's why people are comparing this case to the Strickland one. 

The guy in prison for 43 years for a crime he didn't commit didn't bother the governor so much
as the gross injustice of the McCloskey's misdemeanor fines.