Sentence examples for pardon by from inspiring English sources

The pardon by Ms. Perdue, who leaves office this month, helps to close a dark chapter in the state's history.

"There's no flexibility now, just a resort to clemency or pardon by the governor," said Mr. Almand, who says stronger changes may be possible after a new state study of the Virginia death penalty is completed in December.

The former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has arrived in Germany after his surprise pardon by the president, Vladimir Putin, bringing an end to more than a decade behind bars.

Soon thereafter, however, the profession of Christianity was defined as a capital crime though of a special kind, because one gained pardon by apostasy (rejection of a faith once confessed) demonstrated by offering sacrifice to the pagan gods or to the emperor.

Ixion abused his pardon by trying to seduce Zeus's wife, Hera.

In 2001 she was granted a full pardon by outgoing U.S. Pres.

But he effectively ruled out seeking a pardon by immediately filing an appeal.

He was granted a controversial pardon by President Bill Clinton on the last day of his presidency.

He thanked immigration officials who decided to swiftly reconsider his rejected citizenship application after a pardon by Gov. David A. Paterson cleared the way.

There are scant references to Steinbrenner's later pardon by President Ronald Reagan and nothing on his turbulent career as the Yankees' owner.

Except for Gov. George E. Pataki's pardon of the comedian Lenny Bruce in 2003, it was the first pardon by a New York governor since 1979.