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Lee, who has the power to pardon Pike or commute her sentence, has not indicated what the state will do in her case.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

United States holds that a pardon doesn’t restore to a person property already seized or paid to the government, and a $40,000 fine I’d paid as part of my sentence was sitting in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

His latest appeal was turned down, but he is still hoping for a presidential pardon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I have decided to pardon 49 people, 23 of them in connection with the terrible events we have gone through over the past year and a half," Vucic said, referring to the protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But Curtis refused to even listen to their offer, stating that he would not accept any plan “that might be construed as a pardon of the men on trial.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The proposal would also allow convicts to serve their terms in Kosovo, limit sentences to 15 years and clear the way for presidential pardons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

No doubt, Blanche was careful to avoid the language of pardons for fear of political backlash.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

Throughout history, kings and popes traditionally celebrated “jubilee” years with granting pardons and forgiving sins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

A pair of gold cloaks confronted them as they were making their way along Coppersmith's Wynd, but when they realized whom they'd challenged they begged the Hand's pardons and waved them on.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Year: 2022 Compiled by: Shirin Ali Of note: Santos would later be expelled from Congress, sentenced to prison, and pardoned by President Donald Trump.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

French national Martin Ryan has been pardoned and his release from prison ordered by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev after he was jailed on charges of spying.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

Asked after the Supreme Court ruling if he would consider pardoning Maxwell, Trump said, “I’d have to take a look at it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

In October 2022, Biden was pictured signing an order pardoning those in jail for marijuana possession.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025

In the closing weeks of his presidency, Biden loosed his pardoning pen.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 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

Farmer asked, referring to his argument with Alex about pardoning prisoners.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French