Sentence examples for calling for clemency from inspiring English sources
The news comes despite a shower of fresh appeals from around the world calling for clemency from the Indonesian president.
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.
Clinton campaign officials said yesterday that Mrs. Clinton's action, which was first reported in yesterday's New York Post, was not necessarily a precursor to calling for clemency.
15 September – A petition with 663,000 signatures is delivered to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles calling for clemency.
JUNE 2002: Mr. Barron sponsored a Council resolution calling for clemency for several "political prisoners," including Anthony Bottom, now known as Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, who was convicted in 1971 of killing two police offers in Harlem.
As you report, he has served for 28 years, and "a growing number" of former American officials "have called for clemency".
To call for clemency in Troy Davis's case, please add your name to the petition on Amnesty's website, here.
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is one of more than 20 other prominent American public figures to have called for clemency for Snowden.
