The phrase "a few pardons" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when requesting forgiveness or understanding for a small number of mistakes or offenses.
Example: "I must ask for a few pardons for my late arrival to the meeting; traffic was unexpectedly heavy."
Alternatives: "a couple of apologies" or "a few excuses".
You also stumble upon a few Pardon festivals which offer an equal dose of culture, with long processions of traditionally dressed locals honouring the local patron saint.
He wrote about this in the NY Times in an op-ed titled "A Broken System, and Too Few Pardons". He blamed the lack of use of the powers of clemency and pardons on the "Willie Horton syndrome". This refers to the early release of a prisoner who then committed a murder and the case was used against Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts when he ran for president in 1988 against George H. W. Bush.
If you're curious, the last few pardoned turkeys have been living out their years at Gobbler's Rest, part of Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Nonetheless, President Clinton acted on very few pardon applications in his early years, even those that had received favorable recommendations from the Justice Department.
Nevertheless, few pardon seekers who approached Mr. Clinton directly had much success in most of his presidency, when he was considered in legal circles to be stingy in granting the requests, possibly because he did not want to appear lenient toward criminals.
The American presidential election, for all its magnificent hucksterism, was once again a confirmation of the messy but noble dynamism of democracy — America does its handover of power with dignity (barring a few dubious presidential pardons).
A few of the pardons broke the boilerplate, however.
"A lot of people got flights, got hospitals in their districts, a few guys got pardons," Spencer remembers, chuckling.
Of the approximately 40 slaves brought to trial, 18 were acquitted and a few others were pardoned.
