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Vance Boelter, suspect in shooting of Minnesota lawmakers, taken into custody in Sibley County (www.mprnews.org)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The president can't pardon state crimes, fortunately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do we know how he will be tried? They just now caught him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Unless a federal agency steps in for some reason, it's likely to remain a state matter. It's entirely possible that someone at the federal level would try and make it federal jurisdiction just so the shooter can be pardoned, but I doubt it'd have legal precedent. Which means it's likely to be denied on a judicial level.