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Why would anyone refuse a presidential pardon? Northeastern law experts explain

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The presidential pardon is one of the most sweeping powers of — arguably — the most powerful person in the world.

President Joe Biden granted thousands of pardons, including family members on his last day in office. President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people charged in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, on his first day back in the Oval Office. 

Two of those convicted Jan. 6 rioters declined to accept the presidential pardon.

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