Sentence examples for refused clemency from inspiring English sources

Macdonald, as minister of justice and prime minister, refused clemency.

Both men also have in common the repellent trait of advertising their toughness on crime by savage brandishing of the death penalty as governors: Mr. Clinton refused clemency to the brain-damaged Rickey Ray Rector; Mr. Bush denied clemency to Karla Faye Tucker and then mocked her in a Talk magazine interview with Tucker Carlson.

Today, the 20th of September 2011, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles refused clemency to Troy Davis, giving the green light to his execution by lethal injection tomorrow, at 7pm.

Widodo has repeatedly refused clemency to traffickers and more than two dozen drug convicts, mostly foreigners, have been executed this year after a five-year moratorium on the death penalty.

If they are given the chance, lawyers for Chan and Sukumaran will argue Widodo did not properly assess their case – including their rehabilitation – before refusing clemency because they were drug offenders.

Paul Avrich attests that Lum urged Albert Parsons to refuse clemency, and plotted to rescue the anarchists from Cook County Jail by attacking it with explosives.

Refusing clemency to Chan and Sukumaran made Jokowi look tough on the streets of Jakarta and despite the international storm that followed, his popularity surged.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a 5-2 vote, refused a clemency request from Garcia last week.

The Texas pardon and parole board, in a 5-2 vote, refused a clemency request from Garcia last week.

President Jacques Chirac had refused three clemency pleas despite the fact that Papon was a former treasurer of the Gaullist movement.

President Jacques Chirac had refused three clemency pleas for Papon, who went on after the war to become chief of Paris police and budget minister and subsequently managed to avoid answering for his crimes for more than 20 years.