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President's Power of Pardon

Dennis1207 Wrote: Nov 05, 2012 6:20 PM

Milton Friedman, an American economist and recipient of a Nobel prize said: I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/milton_friedman.html#iCZdF2EtsbisYqlY.99 I have to agree with him. If drugs were legal they could be taxed like alcohol and tobacco. The price would be much lower so people wouldn't steal to buy them. Just because they are available does not mean everyone would be a drug addict. This would have to be with the stipulation that overdosing would be paid out of your own pocket or no treatment.

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President's Power of Pardon

President Bill Clinton used his presidential pardon power in July 2000 to commute the sentence of Serena Nunn, who was sentenced to 15 years for a first-time nonviolent drug offense when she was 19. The pardon shaved three years off Nunn's sentence. Nunn told me over the phone, "I thought then that it was a great thing that a president used his power to help an average person."

Nunn later graduated from college and then the University of Michigan Law School. Last month, having passed a character fitness test, Nunn passed the Georgia bar. On Monday, she will be sworn in as...

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