RECEIVING FORGIVENESS (Forgiveness series 18)
The habit of judging and condemning others is usually a great deal more serious blemish than are the things we so glibly point out as flaws or faults. – Anonymous
Lessons from American Legal History
Forgiveness is a gift, which can be received or refused. American legal history has clear illustrations of this position. Very recently, Michael Cohen, an American attorney and former lawyer to President Donald Trump, was granted presidential pardon for charges of electoral fraud to which he had pleaded guilty. Cohen’s lawyer however insisted that the pardon would be rejected. This sometimes happens because someone feels that accepting pardon means admitting to the guilt for which the pardon has been offered.
On May 27, 1830, George Wilson and co-conspirator James Porter were sentenced to death on charges of robbery. One month after, the sentence was carried out on James Porter. In response to public appeals, however, President Andrew Jackson decided
