pardon
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His latest appeal was turned down, but he is still hoping for a presidential pardon.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
These guidelines generally require that a clemency seeker have been released from prison for five years before they are eligible to request a pardon.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The pardon is conditional on Najib paying a fine of 50 million ringgit, equivalent to around $12 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Last year, he was given an unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump over a breach of anti-money laundering laws at his crypto trading platform, BitMEX, to which he had pleaded guilty in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
I begged their pardon, but they only laughed at my embarrassment Loudly, Elnora lamented the decline of honor in men and virtue in women.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
And under the state constitution, only the governor has the power to issue pardons.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Presidential pardons only cover federal offences, not state-level cases.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Throughout history, kings and popes traditionally celebrated “jubilee” years with granting pardons and forgiving sins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
What she wants is an apology, and Mary batting her eyes and offering her heartfelt pardons won’t be enough.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
"One best spoken in private, m'lord, begging your pardons."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
President Trump last October pardoned Zhao, who served four months in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
When they finally left, the flowers were destroyed, the furniture broken, and the walls covered with drawings and writing, but Fernanda pardoned them for all of the damage because of her relief at their leaving.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
As Biden noted, it was the last time as president he was pardoning a couple of turkeys.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
Recently, perhaps hoping to improve his image, he began pardoning small groups of prisoners.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
Farmer asked, referring to his argument with Alex about pardoning prisoners.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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