The Vietnam War produced 170,000 conscientious objecters; 22,000 draft dodgers indicted; over 8,000 men convicted; and approximately 4,000 of them imprisoned. If the remaining hundreds of thousands of men weren't pardoned, there wouldn't be any room left in our prisons for other criminals. Economics said yes, pardon them.
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President Jimmy Carter granted 'amnesty' to the draft dodgers of the Vietnam War.
Jimmy Carter issued an amnesty to all Draft Dodgers in 1977 as part of his policy of cultural reconciliation since the war in Vietnam was over.
Jimmy Carter pardoned the Vietnam draft dodgers
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After the war, the draft dodgers were pardoned.
POWs were Prisoners of War. They did not require pardoning. You may be confusing them with deserters or draft resisters that were pardoned by Jimmy Carter.
President Jimmy Carter showed sympathy towards draft evaders during the Vietnam War by granting a pardon to those who had fled the country to avoid military service. In 1977, he issued a proclamation that allowed draft dodgers to return to the U.S. without facing prosecution, emphasizing reconciliation and healing for a divided nation. Carter believed that the Vietnam War had caused significant turmoil and that those who evaded the draft were often acting on moral grounds against an unpopular conflict. His actions reflected a broader shift in public sentiment and a desire to move past the divisive issues of the war.