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Nor did he pardon a convicted embezzler, a San Francisco harbor commissioner, when the prospect of a $20,000 payoff was floated by the convict.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Although a pardon could be signed "minutes after" taking office, various bureaucratic hurdles would prevent it from taking effect that same day, Thiago Bottino, a law professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

“I beg the colonel’s pardon, sir. But I swear that I’m Italian.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But a pardons board later halved the term, and his fine was reduced to 50 million ringgit.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Ford placed the inmate’s bid for clemency on the agenda of the state pardons board — an example, Lombardo claims, of the way Ford treats criminals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

And under the state constitution, only the governor has the power to issue pardons.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

"Yoren, as it please m'lord. My pardons for the hour."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

In 2017 — after reinventing himself as a hotelier, achieving sustained success and expressing remorse — he was pardoned in 2017 by President Obama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

Ryan, who denied espionage, is one of 20 people pardoned by Aliyev.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

President Trump last October pardoned Zhao, who served four months in prison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It would look bad for the American consul to be hosting a man who has only just been pardoned by the government.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

"To be clear, I am not pardoning Tina Peters, and I have never considered a pardon," Polis wrote in a lengthy Facebook post.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

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

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

"No, I have no contemplation of pardoning myself for anything. I didn’t do anything wrong."

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025

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

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