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MAGA is pushing a pardon for George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Trump previously said Americans were ‘rightly sickened’ by Chauvin’s conduct

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 84 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Well, Chauvin is serving 20+ years on federal charges and 20+ years on state charges

Trump can't pardon state charges

[–] goldfish_brain@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He wanted to do his time at a federal prison for safety as part of his plea deal. Maybe a pardon sends his ass back to state prison.

[–] 474D@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can you pardon someone against their will?

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago

Seems they can reject it, like the one J6 MAGA-ite who did.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 weeks ago

I think you can decline it.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You almost certainly want to do prison time in federal prison vs state prison, from a safety and quality of life perspective.

As bad as prison can be, at least federal prison have AC and reasonably upheld standards of care.

Source: worked in FL prisons

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Cast him down with the sodomites

General population

[–] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 14 points 2 weeks ago

I'm certain the Governor of Minnesota won't be handing out a pardon in his case.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is a lot of things he can't do and still does and americans are like, please sqeeze my balls harder mr.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is no mechanism that would allow Trump to release Derek Chauvin from prison and the effort to create one would be too much effort for Trump himself to commit to.

The rest of his presidency would be wasted on just focusing on that issue.

Trump is all about maximum impact with very little effort on his part.

It's not worth it for Trump

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, it is absolutely is worth it. This isn't about D.C. , it is about under mining state rights to strengthen his dictatorship...

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Best he could do is pardon the federal charges just to spark outrage and further sow division

I'd expect that much, but Chauvin isn't leaving jail either way

[–] Kichae 11 points 2 weeks ago

That's perfect, then! He can pardon him, really underscoring just how out of touch MAGA is, while also being totally and utterly impotent.