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by rainbow » Fri May 31, 2019 6:24 am
...or is it Black the Diddler?
Lord Black of Crossharbour, the former owner of The Daily Telegraph, has said that he intends to return to the House of Lords after President Trump granted him a pardon.
The peer spent more than three years in jail in the United States after being convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice in 2007. He was found guilty of plotting to siphon off millions of dollars as chief executive and chairman of the Hollinger International media group. He was released in 2012.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pard ... -66fjt7ctl
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by Brian Peacock » Fri May 31, 2019 8:14 am
Because a pardon apparently now means you didn't actually do it. And Lordships are for life.
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by rainbow » Fri May 31, 2019 8:59 am
Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 8:14 am
Because a pardon apparently now means you didn't actually do it. And Lordships are for life.
OK, but is a pardon in the US valid in the UK?
Also the life thing can be sorted after Brexit since the UK can re-introduce the Death Penalty. I'm sure they can find a law somewhere that hasn't been repealed.
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