The phrase "application for clemency" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when referring to a formal request for mercy or leniency, typically regarding a sentence or punishment.
Example: "The defendant submitted an application for clemency, hoping for a reduction in their sentence due to extenuating circumstances."
Alternatives: "request for clemency" or "plea for clemency."
According to ny.gov, the application for clemency comes in two separate forms: "commutations of sentence and pardons.
Newly appointed lawyers were in the process of completing an application for clemency to President Festus Mogae, who alone has the power to commute the death penalty.
Between 1976 and 2004, when Willingham filed his petition, the State of Texas had approved only one application for clemency from a prisoner on death row.
The president should be considering each application for clemency on merits rather than predetermining them, because the law gives every person that right, regardless of the nature of their offence".
Reaves told him that the fifteen members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, which reviews an application for clemency and had been sent Hurst's report, had made their decision.
Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons in Harrisburg denied on Monday an application for clemency by Terrance Williams, a convicted murderer who is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 3. Clemency requires unanimous approval by the five-member board, and the vote was only 3 to 2 in favor of the application.
But about that time, government officials said, the number of applications for clemency began to climb.
There, a small staff of lawyers reviews and, working with F.B.I. agents, investigates applications for clemency.
In four and a half years, he has received almost 10,000 applications for clemency and has granted just 39 pardons and one sentence commutation.
In Texas, before prisoners are put to death, the seven-member Board of Pardons and Paroles reviews their applications for clemency one last time.
A Clinton aide who spoke with Roger Clinton today said Mr. Clinton said that he did not know Philip Young, and that he had not received money in exchange for supporting applications for clemency.
