What is the intention of a presidential pardon?

Question

What is the intention of a presidential pardon?

Answer 1

The President is vested with all powers, Constitutional authority  is the president, in some subjects there will be 1.Theory 2 Law and 3.Practice.After theory and law have been over in the court it comes to the practical authority.That too for Capital punishment.

Answer 2

To release the prisoner for reasons only known to the president but in accordance with law.

Answer 3

In theory it was to allow the President to free convicted individuals when in their opinion it served the greater good of the nation.

In practice it has become a way for outgoing Presidents to reward big donors and loyalists who served the President.

Answer 4

here's a crazy wild guess...to pardon..

"... in seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well-timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquility of the commonwealth."-hamilton

Answer 5

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

Answer 6

Presidential pardon means to erase the crime committed by a felon by giving him free to start a new life again.

Answer 7

Constitutional Authority for Presidential Pardons

The presidential power to pardon is granted under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.

"The President ... shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment."

No standards, and only one limitation -- no pardons for the impeached.

What the Founders said

The whole subject of presidential pardons stirred little debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. No less estimable Founding Father than Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist No. 74, suggests that, "... in seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well-timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquility of the commonwealth."

While a few Founders suggested involving Congress in the pardons business, Hamilton remained certain the power should rest solely with the president. "It is not to be doubted, that a single man of prudence and good sense is better fitted, in delicate conjunctures, to balance the motives which may plead for and against the remission of the punishment, than Congress,"

Answer 8

To involve the President into politics.

Answer 9

Let a crony off the hook. They all do it too.

Answer 10

that to show that parliament is supreme and not the supreme court.