pardon
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The Justice Department last year fired its pardon attorney after she objected to restoring the gun rights of actor Mel Gibson, who pleaded no contest in 2011 to a misdemeanor battery charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Asked about the 2024 pardon, he said he understood the criticism but noted: "What would you have thought of my dad if he did not do that for me."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“We aren’t limited by the federal pardon, but that doesn’t mean that it would be easy for us to bring charges.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“You got a pardon and you pleaded over 100 times at the White House? What are you scared of, Tony?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Begging your pardon, sir, but I didn’t hear you order me to handle the guns this morning.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
In Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice is working on a review of the pardons and disregards scheme, with a view to bringing new proposals to the Executive in the next Assembly mandate.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
This leaves the president’s power to grant pardons.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
Plus, the White House considers issuing 250 pardons to mark America’s 250th birthday, and Drake returns with a new album.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who got mercy, who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
“Many pardons, but if you don’t mind me asking, is that suit a genuine Duboise?”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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
In October Mr. Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, a Binance co-founder who had been convicted of violating money-laundering laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
From glamour model to nightclub manager - who was pardoned killer Ruth Ellis?
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
He’s no longer a quintessential underdog routinely pardoned for his bad defense, his questionable durability and his tendency to tighten up in the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Perhaps if he was, Julius would be pardoned and it would all blow over....
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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
In the closing weeks of his presidency, Biden loosed his pardoning pen.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
A recent Associated Press survey indicated only two in 10 Americans approve of pardoning most of those involved.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 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
“Seeing as your boy is so young, and El Jefe has been pardoning most minors . . .” He swilled his drink around so the ice tinkled against the glass.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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