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_heimdall 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expandi...

Unenforced crimes are still crimes, you have to rewrite laws to change that.

twobitshifter 4 months ago [–]

or get a blanket pardon

_heimdall 4 months ago | [–]

Legally I don't think a pardon makes the act not a crime, it just makes it unpunished. I could be wrong there though, that gets deep into legal pedantry.

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