Does the President have authority to grant clemency for a state conviction?
No. The President’s clemency power is conferred by Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which provides: “The President . . . shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Thus, the President’s authority to grant clemency is limited to federal offenses and offenses prosecuted by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the name of the United States in the D.C. Superior Court. An offense that violates a state law is not an offense against the United States. A person who wishes to seek a pardon or a commutation of sentence for a state offense should contact the authorities of the state in which the conviction occurred. Such state authorities are typically the Governor or a state board of pardons and/or paroles, if the state government has created such a board.
2 The "victim" shot the man in the back of the head and robbed his house. Before going back to her 24 year old boyfriend at a motel room and giving him the guns she stole.
In 2004, Cyntoia was already a veteran of Middle Tennessee's juvenile justice system. Back then, she was living out of a room at a South Nashville extended-stay dive. Her companion was a 24-year-old drug dealer and armed robber known as "Cut-throat," who had her out on a Murfreesboro Road red-light district turning tricks for coke money.
That life reached its brutal apex on a summer night that August, when a 43-year-old real estate agent picked her up under circumstances that raise as many questions as they answer. That night, Cyntoia shot him in the back of the head and stole a couple of guns from his house. She was caught, and a jury convicted her of first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery. At an age most kids are worrying about drivers' licenses and prom dresses, Cyntoia Brown was facing an adult criminal trial for premeditated murder.
So she was already being arrested prior to this incident. But she claims she was part of a sex ring but didn't mention it to the police. But she was willing to shoot a man in the back of the head and then go to the police, but only after robbing the mans house. This makes sense to anyone... how?
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fuspezza ago
Trump should pardon her I would love that
FormerBaltimoreRes ago
1 President can't pardon at a federal level
2 The "victim" shot the man in the back of the head and robbed his house. Before going back to her 24 year old boyfriend at a motel room and giving him the guns she stole.
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So she was already being arrested prior to this incident. But she claims she was part of a sex ring but didn't mention it to the police. But she was willing to shoot a man in the back of the head and then go to the police, but only after robbing the mans house. This makes sense to anyone... how?