Quote (IceMage @ Nov 6 2024 06:54am)
I don't see an endorsement of Trump pardoning Jan 6thers who assaulted police officers in this post. Glad we're still together on this.
I mean he has the power to commute sentences too. Which is appropriate is a case by case basis.
I doubt anyone in the entire January 6th show trial court received a fair sentence so they'd probably all need to be reviewed including even violent offenders, because even if someone was seriously harming others, their sentence should still be proportionate.
Honestly what bothers me is that I even need to elaborate on or explain this concept. I should simply be able to say "I support common sense and equal application of law, the rest follows"
Its a taint to the civil fabric of our nation that the impulse isn't reflexively towards fairness and impartial justice.
John Adams famously defended the british troops accused in the boston massacre and demonstrated that our fledgling nation could apply evenhanded justice and mercy when it was the course of justice, what got lost since then?