clemency
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Why can't the Football Association show clemency just like Fifa did?
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026
Now Balogun has also been granted the same clemency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026
But unfortunately, by the time Rausch steps up to defend him, the innocent comic is beyond any chance of clemency at the banishment round table.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
At the time of her February deposition, Maxwell’s attorney David Oscar Markus said she would offer the “unfiltered truth” if granted clemency by Trump.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
He raced to Berlin to petition the court for clemency, but, when he telephoned the Scholls, he learned that he was too late.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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