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    Strange Case of GEORGE WILSON - Refusing A Pardon

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    Story of two men convicted and sentenced to hang in 1830, when one of them refused the pardon, a legal interpretation followed. A real life legal example used to exemplify the spiritual pardon of Christianity. i.e. both are considered Acts of Grace.

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    Story of two men convicted and sentenced to hang in 1830, when one of them refused the pardon, a legal interpretation followed. A real life legal example used to exemplify the spiritual pardon of Christianity. i.e. both are considered Acts of Grace.

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    Story of two men convicted and sentenced to hang in 1830, when one of them refused the pardon, a legal interpretation followed. A real life legal example used to exemplify the spiritual pardon of Christianity. i.e. both are considered Acts of Grace.

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    Strange Case of GEORGE WILSON - Refusing A Pardon

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    Story of two men convicted and sentenced to hang in 1830, when one of them refused the pardon, a legal interpretation followed. A real life legal example used to exemplify the spiritual pardon of Christianity. i.e. both are considered Acts of Grace.

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    The Stron ge Case of

    George

    \t/ilson
    ft is rore for a person under
    sentence of death to refuse a
    pordon. Yel there is one case on record, in the annols of thz United
    States Supreme court, in which a mon sentenced to die octuolly did refuse
    to occept o pordon.
    The court record shows thot two men, wilson ond porter, were convicted
    and sentenced to be honged for robbery of the u s moils in 1829. porter
    wss execufed on July 2, 1830. Threeweeksbeforethe time set for
    wilson's execution he wos gronted c pardon by president Andrew Jackson. The
    people resented this clemency immensely. However, insteod of accepting the pordon
    Wilson chonged his plea from
    'not guilty'
    ,- 'guilty'.
    r to
    J-,,,t. He was given the opportunity to plead the pordon, but he ref used to do so. The Supreme
    Court, ofter consideritng the guestion, handed down the following decision.

    Ileath Rowo Sing Sing Frison

    uA

    a crime he has

    grace, , which exenpts the individual... fron


    connitted"

    '..., delivery is

    nof conplefe without accepfance.

    pardon is an act of

    tendered; and if rejecfed, we have found

    no

    ft

    the punishnent the law inf/icts

    for

    nay be rejected then by the person fo whon it is

    power in a courf fo force

    if

    upon him.o

    This wos unique, ond most people would consider Wilson o fool for refusing to accept o
    pordon. Yet these some people reject every day the pordon which 6od hos provided
    for them through the Lord Jesus Christ. Such people would tremble ot the thought of
    impending death, and would snatch at areprievefor af ew extra years af lif e,yir
    deliberately ond corelessly refuse 6od's pordon from eternol deoth.

    6od's pcrdon ist'on acf of gracd'. rt connot be earned,or bought. rt is not reserved
    for those with personolity, or those with influence. 6od's porJon is olso one whose
    " de/ivery is not complete without acceplancau.
    To sotisfy justice, sin must be punishad. But to reconcilejustice
    with mercy, God gave
    His own Son os our substitute. The Bible pufs if this woyr ith" LoBD has
    loid o,., Him the iniquity of us oll,,.
    Through the death of christ, pordon is off ered,but it must be occepted.
    wilson,s
    Presidentinl parrlon
    pordon cost the scrotch of thePresident's pen. A pardon for you
    would cost the
    blood of 6od's Son.

    life-

    Wilson's pardon meont only af ew years odded to the sordid lif e of o common criminol. your
    pordon is a reprieve
    from hell and o deed to heaven. But, never forgel; accepfance is essential fo delivery.
    Wilson most certoinly believed

    thot his pordon hod been granted if he wanted it, but refused to avoil himself of
    it. Wilson's wos a strong e case. But then, Wilson was o fool.
    Todoy, you could obtoin what so many want, the forgiveness of their sins.
    As you turn in repentonce from your
    sin, take thot offer of pardon from the hand of ihe 6od who offers eternal
    life to those deserving eternai deoth,

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