Sentence examples for appealed for clemency from inspiring English sources

The Bazoft case drew worldwide attention, and the British government appealed for clemency.

Brand appealed for clemency in the cases of Chan and Sukumaran before their deaths.

Australia, which had appealed for clemency and had offered to pay for the prison costs of its citizens, promptly withdrew its ambassador in protest.

Five hundred protesters were outside the jail, and countless prominent people and organisations around the US and the wider world appealed for clemency.

The three -- Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva -- were to be executed last month but were given a last-minute reprieve after Pope Benedict XVI appealed for clemency.

Governments receiving official representations such as Saudi Arabia, where Mr Day appealed for clemency in the case of Mohamed Kohail, sentenced to beheading for killing a teenager in a 2007 schoolyard brawl will now know that Canada considers their justice system unfair.

Defending, Andrea Pelle said her client was likely to appeal for clemency to President Pal Schmitt.

If this challenge fails, Sandiford can still appeal for clemency from Widodo.

Fadillah Agus who represented Sandiford during her supreme court appeal last year – but is no longer her counsel – said the British woman refused to appeal for clemency because she had maintained her innocence.

9 July: Sukumaran also appeals for presidential clemency.

Mrs. Kerry's appeal for clemency required great courage.