show mercy
Example Sentences
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In yet another letter, Huizar’s elderly mother, Isidra Huizar, implored the judge to show mercy, saying her son routinely helps her with her dentist, her heart doctor, her optometrist, her prescriptions and other medical needs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
The state-run Korean Central News Agency claimed he was provided medical care "with all sincerity" despite having "no reason to show mercy to such a criminal of the enemy state".
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023
From a legal perspective, that's just a bad idea, because it tends to make those people less inclined to show mercy.
From Salon • May 26, 2023
Stories like Andrus’ will continue to emerge as state officials set execution dates — a dozen are on the books for the rest of 2022 — and the condemned ask governors to show mercy.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2022
In fact, there is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
