pardoned

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He pardoned Joe Lewis, a British billionaire whose family owns an English Premier League soccer club and who had pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Detailing the forthcoming prisoner release, Cuba's foreign ministry said that since 2010 Havana has pardoned 9,905 prisoners.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

For this, Milton was sentenced to four years in prison — however, President Donald Trump pardoned Milton in March 2025.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

The former leader was pardoned by then-president Yoon in December 2022.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Then, after he had served only six and a half years, he was pardoned by the governor of Texas; Middleton had a girlfriend, and Lewis’s family believed that she had bribed authorities.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann