Forget what? There was no pardon by Obama, so that agreement does not apply.
Why would you want to detract from the good news of Chelsea having a release date in the very near future and conflate that with a different issue regarding Assange?
Why would you want to detract from the good news of Chelsea having a release date in the very near future and conflate that with a different issue regarding Assange?
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/assange-agrees-extradition-us-rel...
What is the difference between a commutation of sentence and a pardon?
In the federal system, commutation of sentence and pardon are different forms of executive clemency, which is a broad term that applies to the President’s constitutional power to exercise leniency toward persons who have committed federal crimes.
- https://www.justice.gov/pardon/frequently-asked-questions-co...
I.e.: commutation ∈ clemency.
But since that's not what happened and Obama's actual action honors both the letter and the spirit of clemency, there's nothing worth debating here.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/819630102787059713
Commuting the sentence is "granting clemency", isn't it?