Sentence examples for granting pardon from inspiring English sources
But others had trouble understanding why the report recommended such harsh punishment for those, like President Johnson Sirleaf, who had committed relatively minor transgressions, while granting pardon to a self-described mass murderer.
The judges ruled the justice secretary has power under article 12 of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons 1983 "to consider at least granting pardon to Michael Shields on the facts presented to this court".
When the persecution began to diminish, the confessors i.e., those who had stood firm for their faith reconciled the lapsed on easy terms, claiming that as "friends of Christ" they had the right of granting pardon, even more than did priests and bishops.
Not irrelevant to the current assessment of Alberto Gonzales for attorney general in regard to prisoner torture is his record as counsel to George W. Bush in Texas, when he advised the governor against granting pardon in every one of 57 executions.
Through six years in office, President Obama has been especially stingy in granting pardons and commutations.
WASHINGTON — For the first time since taking office nearly two years ago, President Obama exercised his clemency powers on Friday by granting pardons to nine people.
After Jorge Posada created a clubhouse stir Saturday by opting out of the lineup, the Yankees spent Sunday occupied with making apologies, granting pardons and burying hatchets.
When presidential pardoning power was proposed at the convention, an amendment was offered to prevent a president from granting pardons in cases of treason.
Tobias said that Bush had been "extremely stingy" in granting pardons, compared with other recent presidents, and that Jones's high profile could work against her.
Mr. Obama is, after all, about to accede to an office in which one of the bedrock and least fettered powers is that of granting pardons and reprieves.
He marked the event by granting pardons to 9,000 prisoners and commuting 122 death sentences.
