Presidential pardon for killing an incapacitated person exemplifies authoritarian erosion of accountability, military impunity, and abuse of executive power to overturn justice system convictions.
The former Israeli soldier, Elor Azaria, center, in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2017. Mr. Azaria was convicted of manslaughter for shooting an injured Palestinian man.
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