pardoned
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French national Martin Ryan has been pardoned and his release from prison ordered by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev after he was jailed on charges of spying.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Trump pardoned the elder Kushner in 2020 and named him U.S. ambassador to France in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a September 2024 motion, Murrill claimed that by vacating Brooks’ manslaughter conviction while he was a free man and not a prisoner, the court essentially pardoned him.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
A Honduran judge ruled on Monday that former president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was pardoned last year of US drug trafficking charges by President Donald Trump, can remain free while facing his corruption trial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ser Barristan was scarcely the only man he had pardoned.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
