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With regard to a valid exercise of the pardon power, experts concur that the pardoning authority must know fully what it is that he is pardoning.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the center is a figure of Christ; the Magdalene is beneath in a suppliant attitude; while He is pardoning her sins.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.

It suggests that His very nature is pardoning love; that 'mercy' is proper to Him, that it is the motive and impulse of His acts.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander