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A9 NATIONAL A10-15 U.S. to Delay Execution To Allow Clemency Plea The Clinton administration is planning to postpone the first federal execution in nearly 40 years, scheduled for Aug. 5, because of a lack of clemency procedures and because of concerns about racial and geographic disparities in death penalty cases, officials said.

If authorities gauge a change of mind or repentance, they often bypass the normal procedures and allow for clemency, while not totally abandoning the process of monitoring.

Moreover, the state's Pardon and Parole Board could allow Glossip another clemency hearing, which could result in his sentence being commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Or governors deciding whether to grant clemency?

Amid the continuing uproar, Playford decided to grant clemency.

Clemency would allow him to avoid an international trial for alleged crimes against the Syrian people.

"The governor's constitutional clemency powers allow him to completely or partially absolve a defendant of the consequences of his crime, and to suspend or commute any sentence imposed by the judiciary," Justice Robert R. Thomas wrote in the opinion.

Gov. Jeb Bush refused today to allow an early request for clemency of a 14-year-old boy sentenced to life in prison for beating a 6-year-old girl to death.

"I have strongly and actively supported international efforts urging the Bahraini government to exercise clemency and to allow his release on humanitarian grounds, particularly in light of clear findings documented by the Bahraini International Commission of Inquiry as to how Mr al-Khawaja was seriously ill-treated following his initial detention," he added.

It is time for the United States to offer Mr. Snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home, face at least substantially reduced punishment in light of his role as a whistle-blower, and have the hope of a life advocating for greater privacy and far stronger oversight of the runaway intelligence community.

The White House says it will postpone the execution to allow Mr. Garza to apply for clemency from the president under new rules that the Justice Department will issue soon.