Sentence examples for Request clemency from inspiring English sources

We routinely request clemency for death-row inmates, not just in high-profile cases.

Further, the article incorrectly stated that the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers had declined to take on Jerry Vega's case to help him request clemency.

The Clemency Project 2014 would not take on his case to help him request clemency and a judge shot down his bid to be resentenced.

Prisoners have to request clemency and admit guilt before it is granted, but this is not a requirement for an amnesty.

There is no time limit for those convicted to request clemency from the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, however this requires an admission of guilt and had never been granted for a drug crime until 2009.

A White House spokeswoman, Claire Buchan, said a letter from the pope requesting clemency had been received this week.

But I requested clemency for him because of his youth and his diminished mental capacity".

His family, supported by the government of Pakistan, has requested clemency on humanitarian grounds.

Last week, Mr. Lucas formally requested clemency, and an appeal is pending before the United States Supreme Court.

"We're just requesting clemency on humanitarian grounds," Mr. Chomsky, a prominent left-wing political commentator, said in a telephone interview.

That is why Mr. Lukashenko had no problem releasing Mr. Sannikov, who wrote a statement requesting clemency, demanded by Mr. Lukashenko, which closes off the possibility of appeal.