Sentence examples for executive clemency from inspiring English sources
Executive clemency provides a common means of avoiding unconstitutional or otherwise questionable executions.
Perhaps executive clemency would be appropriate, he said.
The exercise of executive clemency is inherently controversial.
On hearing of the court's ruling, Mr de Venecia immediately hinted of "executive clemency".
He implied when final judgment had been rendered he would grant executive clemency.
(All three women were granted executive clemency after serving ten or more years).
Executive clemency should be a critical part of any criminal justice system.
A president who chooses to grant executive clemency can do so in several ways.
The Supreme Court has called executive clemency "the 'fail safe' in our criminal justice system".
On Friday, Amnesty International USA asked Mr. Huckabee to grant Ms. Riggs executive clemency.
He added that he does not waive his right "to petition for executive clemency".
