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... conviction,” as a majority of state constitutions already provide. © The Ohio State University Pardon Article II Clemency Amnesty Framers U.S. Constitution Rebellion Federalist No. 74 Trump Insurrection Article II and the Pardon Power: Did the Framers Drop the Ball? I. Introduction Prior...

... 1865Ð 1868 1893Ð 1894 1902 1921 1924 1945 1961Ð 1963 1974Ð 1975 1977 Washington Pardoned participants in the Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion. Adams Pardoned participants in an insurrection in Northampton, Montgomery, and Bucks counties, Pennsylvania. JeÛerson Pardoned all persons convicted under...

... insurrection decarceration reform Alternatives to Incarceration and the Sentencing Commission: A Call for Progress through Partnership HON. CARLTON W. REEVES Chair, United States Sentencing Commission District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi The History and Invisibility...

... are now generally recognized as inefficient and ineffective, particularly where no serious violence is involved, yet legislators and executive officials alike are reluctant to support law reform for fear of being labeled soft on crime. While we may not have reached a Hamiltonian season of insurrection...

... seasons of insurrection or rebellion . . . [at] critical moments, when a well-timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquility of the commonwealthÓ 3; and (4) as a reward for rehabilitation. Of course, it is critical to keep in mind that clemencyÕs operation as an exception...

..., such as to defuse an incipient insurrection when the loss of a week, a day, an hour, may sometimes be fatal. 14 And so, Article II of the Constitution vests the president with the Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. 15 This broad power...

..., they might often be found obstinate and inexorable, when policy demanded a conduct of forbearance and clemency. But the principal arguments for reposing the power of pardoning in this case in the Chief Magistrate is thisÑIn seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well...