Pre-emptive pardons

Pre-emptive pardons or prospective pardon is the power of the President of USA to pardon a person who has already committed a crime but is yet to be charged for it. This is different from the regular pardon in USA which is used to pardon a person after being convicted of a crime. But like the regular pardon, pre-emptive pardon is only applicable to federal offences and not state crimes.

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