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An Amnesty for Citizen Nixon?
To the Editors:
There is nothing to be gained by further punishment of former President Nixon. He has already suffered enormously, and our society would not benefit from prolonged vindictiveness.
If the public believes that equal justice is violated by prosecution of the underlings and immunization of the alleged No. 1 conspirator, however, then either the former President should be prosecuted or immunity should be extended to all Watergate defendants now caught up in the criminal justice system.
The Watergate episode has vindicated our faith in the collective wisdom of the American people. Public pressure has helped force several...
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