Sentence examples for executive pardon from inspiring English sources

President George HW Bush defied congressional opposition to grant Weinberger an executive pardon days before the case came to trial.

None of Mr Bush's good Samaritan acts this week are more controversial than the usual executive pardon of a Thanksgiving turkey.

In December 1992, in spite of congressional opposition, President George Bush granted Weinberger an executive pardon days before the case came to trial.

The Netflix series, which uncovers Avery's ongoing fight to exonerate himself in the Halbach murder, has inspired thousands of people to sign online petitions for an executive pardon of Avery as well as amateur sleuthing on Reddit to prove his innocence.

"The niece broke up, was very emotional and so thankful for this executive pardon that was long overdue," Sulaiman said.

And in 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo granted me an executive pardon to prevent my deportation, which is exceedingly rare in these kinds of cases.

But she became notorious for her prolific and possibly lucrative executive pardons that sprang about 100 convicts a month from prison.

Even as they say they believe him, and are split about whether his use of executive pardons was appreciably more egregious than that of his predecessors, their opinion of him has shifted swiftly and sharply to the negative.

Now if a president is going to exercise, which I have, by the way, done myself as a chief executive, pardons or clemency, in this particular case, as high profile as it is, you have to go to the American people and make your case as to why that kind of discretion ought to be applied.

Although the president's pardon power is normally used for individual cases, there is some precedent for the chief executive to pardon a large group of people.

Some people may be squeamish about associating themselves with the former chief executive who pardoned the tax dodger.