clemency
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Rights groups had opposed the clemency, arguing it undermined the rule of law.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Trump’s pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson, recently took to social media saying that people have been impersonating her and asking for a “processing fee” to help smooth the path to clemency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
That clemency was reciprocated when the retreating raiders were caught by determined Mohawk forces led by Lawrence, north of Lake Champlain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Why can't the Football Association show clemency just like Fifa did?
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Have state or federal officials offered you immunity or clemency if you changed your plea?”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
Yet there was resentment, too, against Greenleaf's clemencies.
From Kincaid's Battery by Alonzo Kimball
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