pardon

His latest appeal was turned down, but he is still hoping for a presidential pardon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Constitution grants the president nearly unbounded power to pardon whomever he likes, whenever he likes and for whatever reason he likes.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

"I have decided to pardon 49 people, 23 of them in connection with the terrible events we have gone through over the past year and a half," Vucic said, referring to the protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Under Aliyev's decree on Wednesday, Ryan is one of 20 people including Azerbaijanis and Turks given a pardon.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Aureliano Segundo obtained her pardon and stayed with her until his death.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The proposal would also allow convicts to serve their terms in Kosovo, limit sentences to 15 years and clear the way for presidential pardons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Presidential pardons only cover federal offences, not state-level cases.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

White House officials are considering a plan for President Trump to issue 250 pardons as a way to mark the celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday this summer, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

This leaves the president’s power to grant pardons.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

"Lord Eddard, pardons," Desmond called out, opening the door a crack, "but there's a black brother here begging audience. He says the matter is urgent. I thought you would want to know."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Year: 2022 Compiled by: Shirin Ali Of note: Santos would later be expelled from Congress, sentenced to prison, and pardoned by President Donald Trump.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mamedli was not among the 20 prisoners pardoned by Aliyev.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He denied wrongdoing and was pardoned in 2022.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 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

Accepting a pardon meant we thought we had something to be pardoned for.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

France's foreign ministry has yet to comment on the pardoning, and previously said accusations that Vezilier was working in Mali as a French spy were "unfounded".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

One of Barnett’s previous clients was Alice Marie Johnson, a great-grandmother serving a life sentence for a first-time federal drug offense; Trump commuted her sentence in 2018 before fully pardoning her in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

Gerald Ford is best remembered not for his administration’s fight against inflation or for signing campaign finance reforms but for pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025

"No, I have no contemplation of pardoning myself for anything. I didn’t do anything wrong."

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025

Farmer asked, referring to his argument with Alex about pardoning prisoners.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French