Sentence examples for amnestied from inspiring English sources
The word "amnestied" is correct and usable in written English
You can use the term when referring to someone receiving a pardon or amnesty from a government. For example, "The president amnestied several political prisoners who had been jailed for their beliefs."
The following summer, the general amnestied political prisoners.
More commonly, trials are waived out of self-interest, as in Latin America when retiring generals and dictators amnestied themselves after years of repressing others.As a rule, Mr Neier believes that the best answer is a trial, if necessary away from the scene of the crime in a permanent world tribunal.
In the end, his successor, Carlos Menem, in 1989-90 amnesthosethose already convicted.Yet this year Congress voted to suspend the Alfonsin laws, at least potentially opening the way to fresh prosecutions.
In some cases, he has been acquitted or amnestied.
A deal was struck and UCPMB members were amnestied.
That is why killers on both sides of the conflict were amnestied, although not always forgiven by their victims' loved ones.Forgiveness is much less likely to occur in a conflict whose outcome is still open, and where total victory by one side or the other seems conceivable.But I do think that religious and cultural values can affect the chances of forgiveness taking hold.
My party and, indeed, the Conservative party have been on record as being very against the proposal by the previous Labour government, for instance, to legislate for a wider amnesty and we want to see the rule of law always be applied.
She said the existing system made it unlikely that an immigration overhaul could unleash a new wave of illegal migration, like the surge since the amnesty of 1986.
Since then, peace deals with the warlords, including a lucrative amnesty and government contracts, have pacified the area.
Suffolk police have offered a temporary drug amnesty to anyone who surrenders the red or pink tablets of ecstasy, inscribed with a Superman-style "S" in their centre.
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