In mid-December, the Guatemalan Congress approved a law that calls for courts to rule on petitions for amnesty by soldiers and guerrillas on a case-by-case basis.
"There's petitions calling for amnesty and we support that call," said Sienna G. Baskin, a lawyer and co-director of the Urban Justice Center's Sex Workers Project.
The lawyer for the singer, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, petitioned last month for amnesty in conjunction with the government's observance of National Day.
To call for clemency in Troy Davis's case, please add your name to the petition on Amnesty's website, here.
A petition on Parliament's website calling for amnesty for anyone who was a minor arriving in Britain between 1948 and 1971 received more than 150,000 signatures, surpassing the threshold for parliamentary debate.
Those reasons motivated me in December 2010 to address, jointly with the Carr Centre, a petition for an official pardon from the president in the context of the yearly presidential amnesties.
His administration rejected petitions for a general amnesty, resisted proposals to amend the new constitution in order to restore direct elections, quashed attempts to form a second opposition party, and suppressed student disturbances.
The bishops are urging people in their dioceses to sign a petition demanding an amnesty for those who arrived as minors between 1948 and 1971.
"Evvvverybody's for amnesty except for Ted Cruz.
"He has promoted amnesty for over a decade, and now says he's not for amnesty".
Benkler disagreed, arguing the case for amnesty.
