clemency

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

Philippe gained fame when he was the last person to be condemned to death in France, before being granted clemency by then-President François Mitterrand.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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

She had the impartiality of nature, with the same lack of indulgence or clemency.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

But since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, only 86 individual clemencies have been granted—out of 1,659 executions.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

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

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, Ford Madox