Sentence examples for called for clemency from inspiring English sources

The pope called for clemency.

Even Salvador Allende, Chile's Marxist president, called for clemency.

As you report, he has served for 28 years, and "a growing number" of former American officials "have called for clemency".

Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is one of more than 20 other prominent American public figures to have called for clemency for Snowden.

Another factor is the growing number of former officials in the United States who have called for clemency in recent years, including two former secretaries of state, George P. Shultz and Henry A. Kissinger, and a former director of the C.I.A., R. James Woolsey.

Pope Benedict XVI publicly called for clemency for Noreen.

The news comes despite a shower of fresh appeals from around the world calling for clemency from the Indonesian president.

15 September – A petition with 663,000 signatures is delivered to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles calling for clemency.

In calling for clemency for Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran, Mr Abbott asked Indonesia to remember the A$1 billion ($740m) that Australia sent after the 2004 tsunami.

An international campaign was launched to free them, which included demonstrations outside Russian embassies, and 11 Nobel laureates writing to Russian President Putin calling for clemency.

To call for clemency in Troy Davis's case, please add your name to the petition on Amnesty's website, here.