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Nearly 100 individuals pardoned by Trump have been arrested again, including bank robbers now accused of sexual assault. The data raises questions about vetting standards.
Nearly 100 people pardoned by Trump have been arrested again, including bank robbers now facing sexual assault charges. The data shows a pattern: people released from federal prison via presidential pardon are re-offending at a notable rate. The vetting standards for those pardons appear to have been minimal or absent.
Pardons are an executive power, but they're supposed to be reserved for cases where justice was served poorly or circumstances have changed. Mass pardons followed by high re-arrest rates suggest the administration treated them as favors rather than acts of justice correction. It raises a practical question: if people you pardon keep committing crimes, what was the basis for pardoning them in the first place?
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