clemency
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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
Why can't the Football Association show clemency just like Fifa did?
From BBC ● 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
Recent history has displayed the pitfalls of trying to hit a target number for clemency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
We are still pursuing clemency for Trina Garnett, who is serving her life sentence in Pennsylvania, a state that doesn't recognize her right to resentencing despite the Supreme Court ruling.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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, Ford Madox
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