Sentence examples for in clemency from inspiring English sources

In clemency, the issues can be esoteric.

Watching Undercover is becoming an exercise in clemency too – but I've decided to embrace it.

Lawyers who have been involved in clemency cases say the purpose of the process is rarely to reargue cases.

It's not just that the recent story of a city like Sheffield is so painful, completely lacking in clemency, in fact, unless you are one of those people who insists that there is a future in cappuccino machines.

But over the last few presidencies, the incentive to try to go around the normal process has increased, said P. S. Ruckman Jr., a political scientist who specializes in clemency.

He said that the White House had a policy of not discussing the details of the president's reasoning in clemency cases but that the decision-making process was speeded up for Mr. King "because of humanitarian concern," given his brother's death.

He said even if the constitutional court agreed to clarify the president's role in considering clemency application its decision would only apply in future cases.

"I think there is an awareness out there that this president is interested in granting clemency on these kinds of matters," White House counsel Neil Eggleston said in an interview.

Mr. Bonds, who said in an interview that he regretted agreeing to the plea deal, included in his clemency application dozens of letters praising his character.

Niẓām al-Mulk kept Turkmen immigrants, who had entered Iran with the Seljuqs, engaged in hostilities outside the country; and he tempered military harshness with lessons in judicious clemency and conciliation.

The favoritism inherent in the clemency process had long been a source of frustration for Bush.