Sentence examples for for clemency required from inspiring English sources
Mrs. Kerry's appeal for clemency required great courage.
Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons in Harrisburg denied on Monday an application for clemency by Terrance Williams, a convicted murderer who is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 3. Clemency requires unanimous approval by the five-member board, and the vote was only 3 to 2 in favor of the application.
Sandiford's QC Aiden O'Neill told Lords Mance, Clarke, Sumption, Carnwath and Toulson there was the chance of submitting a petition for clemency to the Indonesian government, but it "requires a close knowledge of the Indonesian judicial and political situation".
Efforts by the Indonesian government in 2011, for example, required the victims' families to grant clemency and be given diyya ("blood money") in the millions of riyal before the Saudi government would consider the case., the majority of foreign workers held on death row in Saudi Arabia come from Indonesia.
Mr. Garza wants to ask the president for clemency.
As USA Today reported, Florida is unique nationwide in requiring ex-felons wait a minimum of five years before they can apply for clemency.
The state Board of Pardons and Parole rejected Noble's petition for clemency in May simply because he hasn't served 10 or more years in prison yet -- state law requires inmates to have been in custody of the Department of Corrections for a minimum of 10 years before they'll consider an inmate's application for clemency.
The state Board of Pardons and Parole rejected Noble's petition for clemency in May simply because he hasn't served 10 or more years in prison yet -- state law requires inmates to have been in custody of the Department of Corrections for a minimum of 10 years before they'll consider an inmate's application for clemency. .
The pope called for clemency.
Ms. Lewis's lawyers pleaded unsuccessfully for clemency.
