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Blunt is stuck in a reprise of her Oscar-nominated supporting role in “Oppenheimer” as the drunk whose cruelty pardons the male lead’s flaws.

Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, told an Israeli radio station that he was considering pardoning Netanyahu in the corruption cases he is currently facing in court.

From BBC

On the morality of letting murderers out after a fraction of their sentence, Mr Pikalo stressed they weren't pardons, but conditional releases.

From BBC

One of the big questions about Watergate has always been whether President Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon, offered in the spirit of national healing, did more harm than good.

From Salon

He would be released from Wadi al-Natrun prison, north-west of Cairo, once the pardon was published in the official gazette, he added.

From BBC

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