clemency

Example Sentences

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His character, a lute-playing bard condemned to a tundra prison for “grand larceny and skullduggery,” stands before a clemency council, promising his jailers he’s reformed.

From Los Angeles Times

In every clemency case, there are crime victims and their loved ones to consider, for whom the prospect of a perpetrator’s release can resurface painful memories.

From Seattle Times

Gunches took part in a brief hearing Thursday before Arizona’s clemency board, which can recommend to the governor that prisoners’ sentences be lessened and that they be given reprieves of execution.

From Seattle Times

Pardons are part of the governor’s clemency powers under the state Constitution and sought by people who have served their time in prison and believe they have proved they are rehabilitated.

From Los Angeles Times

AIM activist Leonard Peltier maintains he was wrongly convicted in their deaths, but successive presidents have denied requests for clemency.

From Seattle Times