Sentence examples for pardons two from inspiring English sources

- Following Bill Clinton's meeting with Kim Jong-Il, the most high-profile meeting between the countries in a decade, North Korea pardons two female American journalists serving 12 years' hard labour for entering the country illegally and "hostile acts".

President Obama commutes the sentences of 95 inmates and pardons two.

Four turkeys are sent to the White House, although the president only pardons two.

WASHINGTON -- When President Barack Obama pardons two overweight turkeys named Carmel and Popcorn during a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, the number of pardons bestowed on semi-flightless birds during his presidency will almost match the number he has granted to human beings convicted of drug crimes.

If you count one commutation of sentence Obama granted, which was also for a prisoner convicted of a drug crime, Obama could theoretically even the human-fowl numbers next November if he pardons two more turkeys without granting any more human pardons.

Mr. Paterson has granted nine pardons, three commutations and one clemency, and plans to make more pardons in immigration cases before leaving office on Dec. 31, officials in his office said Thursday.

Barr was asked about such a scenario — one where the president encourages false testimony by floating pardons — three times in his confirmation hearing.

As ProPublica documented in an analysis of Bush administration pardons, whites benefited from pardons four times as often as members of minority groups, even though blacks alone made up 38 percent of the federal prison population.

Last year, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi pardoned two imprisoned journalists from the al-Jazeera English news network.

First, the lives saved: Mr. Obama pardoned two turkeys -- named Liberty and Peace -- in the annual White House rite of passage.

Donald Trump is expected to pardon two Thanksgiving turkeys – Peas and Carrots – at a White House ceremony on Tuesday.