clemency

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Elsewhere, Amnesty International said clemency falls "far short of the justice the Ogoni Nine need".

From BBC

Sithy Bin, a Cambodian immigrant facing deportation, is among those offered clemency.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump and his deputies have signaled that the Justice Department’s focus on violent extremism is over, starting with the president’s clemency order for militants charged in the storming of the U.S.

From Salon

The parole board on Wednesday informed legal representatives that the governor was no longer pursuing the clemency investigations because of the decision to change the brothers’ sentences.

From Los Angeles Times

If the governor grants clemency, their sentence would be commuted immediately and they could walk right out of the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, where they’ve been housed for years.

From Los Angeles Times