clemency

Ford placed the inmate’s bid for clemency on the agenda of the state pardons board — an example, Lombardo claims, of the way Ford treats criminals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

A White House official said Wednesday that the team that reviews clemency requests there “is not tracking this request at this time or even heard of this individual.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Pike's lawyers, who filed a 226-page clemency petition, hoped for a last-minute reprieve of her execution, but it was rejected, while United Nations human rights experts had also called for the execution to be stopped.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Pike's lawyers had argued she should be granted clemency due to her young age and mental health issues at the time of Slemmer's killing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

This vindictiveness was urged on by men in high places who resented the President’s spirit of clemency as violently as they resented the tenacity of the South.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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

These very different clemencies have generated multiple distinct criticisms.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 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 Madox Ford