Interesting. It's nice to hear her review, but I would take to heart her frequent reminders that she is merely speculating.
By the way, she says that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. That's something that many lawyers say but which in fact (in my opinion) is not true. The Supreme Court case that the claim is based on actually indicated only that a person may decide to refuse to accept a pardon lest he be perceived as admitting guilt. Pardons are sometimes given precisely because a convicted person has subsequently been exonerated. And even an innocent person facing a costly criminal trial and possible imprisonment would likely accept a pardon to avoid it.
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