clemency

But presidential clemency, he told MS NOW last year, “would make my life a little easier, going back into real estate, dealing with banks, and so on.”

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Many are simply seeking justice for a teenager who was killed in a tragic accident, and accountability for a former lawmaker who appears to have been granted special clemency.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

For his 2021 grant of executive clemency, he has his lawyers and reality-TV star Kim Kardashian to thank — as well as President Trump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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

He knows important people have written letters on his behalf, people like his attorney and his senior district Hitler Youth leader and even Hugo, asking for clemency.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The president has issued a number of clemencies during the first year of his second term, many for defendants in criminal cases once touted by federal prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

Those clemencies came on top of the commutation awarded last month to George Santos, the disgraced former New York congressman found guilty of defrauding donors and lying to the House of Representatives.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

Most of the clemencies Biden had granted to that point were standard in their form, coming after people were convicted of a crime, though broad in their sweep.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025

A day later, top officials at the agency celebrated several people who have received pardons and clemencies in recent years, characterizing their long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes as harsh and unfair.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023

In your greatness ye shall change it; with your justice ye shall purify it; with your clemencies ye should it chasten and amerce.

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford