Sentence examples for requested clemency from inspiring English sources

But I requested clemency for him because of his youth and his diminished mental capacity".

His family, supported by the government of Pakistan, has requested clemency on humanitarian grounds.

Last week, Mr. Lucas formally requested clemency, and an appeal is pending before the United States Supreme Court.

UN Security Council resolutions of June 9 and 18, as part of a general condemnation of South African racial policies, requested clemency for the convicted men.

Evans banned the three officers who had publicly requested clemency from participating in future courts martial.

When a French soldier was later sentenced to death by the Germans for beating Mölders, Mölders approached Hermann Göring and requested clemency, which was granted.

We routinely request clemency for death-row inmates, not just in high-profile cases.

A White House spokeswoman, Claire Buchan, said a letter from the pope requesting clemency had been received this week.

"We're just requesting clemency on humanitarian grounds," Mr. Chomsky, a prominent left-wing political commentator, said in a telephone interview.

That is why Mr. Lukashenko had no problem releasing Mr. Sannikov, who wrote a statement requesting clemency, demanded by Mr. Lukashenko, which closes off the possibility of appeal.

The Clemency Project 2014 would not take on his case to help him request clemency and a judge shot down his bid to be resentenced.