Can President Obama Pardon Troy Davis

[brettdale]

Is their any other options.

[justiceischeap]

1. No. eom.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. No. A President can pardon only federal crimes.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Can? Yes. However, the admin have already stated that they will not get involved in

individual cases.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. Either provide a link or you're just another ODSer! n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. I'm not going back through the last 7 hours of tweets looking for the statement

Believe what you want. Given this is international news, it will likely pop up for you in a few hours where you don't have to bother looking for it.

:hi:

[TheWraith]

6. The problem is, you're wrong.

The POTUS cannot issue pardons or clemency for STATE cases. Only in federal crimes.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Then they should have said that as opposed to the 'individual case'

statement.

:)

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. You'll just find any ole excuse to hate, won't you? It's really pathetic!

Off to ignore you go. Bye-bye!!

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. Hate? WTF are you on about?

Good lord, RWingers have a better grasp of the words they throw around than some of you here.

[Bluebear]

12. "Calm on!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1982017#1982386

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. Calm on. Why rely on tweets when you have the U.S. Constitution.

If the president can intervene in death penalty cases and/or can issue pardons in these instances, then it shouldn't be difficult to find in Article II of the U.S. Constitution, no?

That doesn't require relying on tweets.

Can we be fair and intellectually honest here?

[ashling]

13. The President can NOT

pardon an individual for a state crime. Period. You can now recant your post.

[Selatius]

8. Only people convicted in federal court, not state courts. nt