What is the difference between forgiving and legal pardon?
When a judge decides to reduce a deserved sentence for a person within a correctional system, that judge is not the one who was treated unjustly by the one pardoned. The judge, in other words, needs to be detached from the unjust situation for a fair ruling. In contrast, a forgiver has been the one (or among the ones) injured and, from that position, offers mercy. Both are offering mercy, but forgiving is deeply personal and often involves emotional pain within the forgiver, which is not the case for the judge who engages in legal pardon.
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