pardoned

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Pardoned by the state parole board in 1997.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2017

Pardoned in 1955, he went into exile in Mexico where he met Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

From Reuters • Nov. 26, 2016

Pardoned for his role in the Iran Contra affair, the former head of the CIA’s Latin division said he recently called Williams to complain.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2015

Pardoned in 1994 by Venezuela's next president, Rafael Caldera, Chavez left jail and began a grassroots political campaign, eventually defeating a former Miss Universe to win a presidential election four years later.

From Reuters • Mar. 5, 2013

Best fight on well, for we taught him—strike gallantly, 30Menace our heart ere we master his own; Then let him receive the new knowledge and wait us, Pardoned in heaven, the first by the throne!

From Browning's Shorter Poems by Baker, Franklin T. (Franklin Thomas)