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Three white men (i.redd.it)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most/Many countries don't allow the executive to overrule the judiciary with pardons. Only a courts should be able to decide if and how long someone will be punished based solely on the laws at the time. I don't know whether Brazil is one of them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think the issue with that could be that if the act for which they were sentenced becomes legal then it can be a bit dubious to hold someone in prison over it. For example places where homosexuality was criminal and has since been legalized.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    That requires the legislature to create a new law pardoning everyone who was sentenced and not selectively pardoning high-profile people, like in the US.

    This would be blatantly unconstitutional for crimes like treason. Legalizing treason is possibly the most unconstitutional a law can be.

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