The state-level charges, formally unveiled late on Monday, also cannot be pardoned by Georgia’s governor under the state’s constitution. Instead, the southern US state has an independent board that issues pardons, but such requests can only be made five years after a sentence is served.

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    1 year ago

    Up until 2019, South Carolina elected it’s national guard general. They passed that law in 1886, you know, just in case someone from a demographic that’s very specific, was appointed by the governor who could potentially be of the same demographic.

    Being racist sounds like it’s utterly exhausting.