A citizen of the United States of American cannot pardon or free criminals convicted of crimes. That element of the law is left up to judges, prosecutors, and the state (governor) or Federal government (President of the United States).
to be a criminal or to have a criminal record means you have broken the law in some way. The crimes are divided into a Felony and Misdemeanor. The criminal can become a convicted felon.
People on the First Fleet were convicted of a variety of crimes. Most of them were thieves, pick-pockets, forgers, petty criminals and ordinary people just struggling to survive and driven to steal food. There were no murderers or people convicted of violent crimes.
(in the US) I do not believe that the statement contained in the question is valid. What resource is being referred to?
There are many. A very famous one was "I Am a Fugitive From a Georgia Chain Gang" by Robert Elliott Burns, 1932.
The CACP is the group known as Catholics Against Capital Punishment. Their mission is to do away with the death penalty for criminals that have been convicted of heinous crimes. It was established in 2011.
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The Son of Sam laws specifically deal with preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes by prohibiting them from earning money through books, movies, or other media that tell the story of their crimes. These laws are designed to prevent individuals from capitalizing on their notoriety and to protect victims and their families from further trauma.
they can only, at that time be removed from office
crimes againts humanity
Crimes against humanity
in order to avoid crimes...........
South America, and particularly Argentina opened its doors to the nazi criminals who fled Germany to avoid prosecution after their defeat at the end of the war.