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Arpaio pardon could encourage more civil rights violations

  • Written by Steven Mulroy, Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
imageThen-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio at a campaign event.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File

President Donald Trump may pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to enforce immigration laws.

It’s true, Trump has the legal power to pardon pretty much anyone. But pardoning...

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