Reader’s Voice: Presidential pardons, detrimental to law

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January 23, 2025
Dear editor;

Our most recent presidents, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama, have collectively granted more than 11,700 pardons, with president Biden holding the record at more than 8,000 pardons.

By granting a pardon voids not only the offence, but it can void the monetary damages owed by the perpetrators. According to a review by CBS News, approximately 15% of the three million in the repairs and cleanup to the capital have been reimbursed to the taxpayers by those who illegally breached the walls of our nation’s capital and were ordered to pay.

One can only wonder if the taxpayers ever received restitution from those rioters that caused billions in damages to our many cities. Any president that grants pardons after lengthy court deliberations by judges and juries made up of, we the people, is an injustice to those of us who are law abiding citizens and circumvents the intent and erodes the very foundation of our legal system. Such “an injustice” not only blindfolds lady justice but it ties her hands.

Our Congress needs to act now to restore our faith in the concept of “justice for all” by voiding the president’s power to grant pardons. By not doing so, there will be many law-abiding citizens who will view our justice system as frivolous and unfair.

Matt Drozd, LT Colonel (ret. veteran), Pittsburgh, Penn.

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