Sentence examples for have clemency from inspiring English sources
Both have clemency petitions before President Clinton.
It was a classic example of what can happen and the reason you empower governors to have clemency".
"Labor has always offered the government every support in efforts to have clemency granted for these two young men".
Under the Constitution, the president has clemency powers to forgive convictions as a check and balance on the criminal justice system.
The pair have already had clemency appeals rejected by Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier this year.
Among those who have sought clemency are former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa and the actor Robert Redford.
But that is only because he and other government officials have shown clemency to those sentenced to huge fines and time behind bars for libel by judges.
Others have urged clemency, noting that she's 66 years old and has lived her life far south of the Mason-Dixon line.
The fortunate few who have won clemency leave behind tens of thousands of others incarcerated by a system of unjust laws.
Since 1976, governors have granted clemency in 282 death cases.
And you're gonna have the clemency problem with the others.
