On the night of Jan . 19 shortly before the Rich pardon was officially announced on Jan . 20 Ms. Dozoretz telephoned Mr. Clinton to thank him for extending clemency to Mr. Rich, said Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, who has been investigating the pardons.
Five out of the six judges voted for the death sentence, and requested the King to extend royal clemency.
Mr. Peltier has proclaimed his innocence, but Louis J. Freeh, director of the F.B.I., adamantly opposes any clemency extended to him.
His clemency powers extend to the ability to suspend and remit fines and forfeitures.
This thing extends and extends".
I only hope President Obama follows through and extends clemency extends forgiveness to as many prisoners as he can before it's too late.
This clemency should also extend to slaves: Seneca concerned himself with their welfare, but his cosmopolitanism stopped short of advocating their manumission or the abolition of slavery (Griffin 1992: 256 85).
But deserters had a chance under an even earlier clemency offer, which President Ford extended for a several months starting in September, 1974 — when the war was not entirely over, and some Americans and more Vietnamese were still dying.
Indeed, such clemency often found itself being extended in unusual ways.
Considering the observation of our own mild clemency and eternal custom, by which we are accustomed to grant clemency to all people, we have decided to extend our most speedy indulgence to these people as well, so that Christians may once more establish their own meeting places, so long as they do not act in a disorderly way.
The power to pardon (including clemency and commutation) of the President shall not extend to any person who has been employed in the Executive Branch during the tenure in office of either that President or the Vice-President if the Vice-President becomes President due to the Office of President becoming vacant.
