Sentence examples for granting clemency for from inspiring English sources

The prospects of Perry granting clemency for Woods are not great.

State Attorney General Jim Hood argued that granting clemency for some convicts was unconstitutional because the pardons had not been sufficiently publicized beforehand.

"Art saved my life," said Mr. Papa, who was granted clemency for a drug conviction by Mr. Pataki, and released in 1997.

On Tuesday, blocking her only other chance for a reprieve, Gov. Bob McDonnell said for the second time that he would not grant clemency for what he called her "heinous crimes".

Mr. Portillo said he received information that a kidnapping ring was going after his family after he refused to grant clemency for two of its members facing the death sentence.

Disclosure: I have joined in a petition to grant clemency for Kevin Keith with thirty-one other former judges and prosecutors filed today with Governor Strickland and the Ohio Parole Board.

The actor was one of 91 people to whom the governor granted clemency for past crimes, most of them minor drug offenses that no longer are felonies under California law, as well as robbery and burglary.

Families of someone unlawfully killed can choose between demanding the death penalty or granting clemency in return for a payment of diyya, or blood money, by the perpetrator.

The White House has tried to explain the current foot-dragging by saying that the president has asked for an updated set of standards for granting clemency.

This year, two Air Force generals have come under fire for their handling of sexual assault cases: one for reversing a conviction, the other for granting clemency to a convicted officer.

As for Mr. Huckabee's refusal to detail his reasons for granting clemency, Mr. Cox said that was intended to prevent other petitioners from mimicking successful arguments.