Sentence examples for requesting a pardon from inspiring English sources

Mr. Singh then wrote to President Asif Ali Zardari in July 2009, requesting a pardon on humanitarian grounds.

Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday for giving classified documents to Wikileaks, today sent a letter to President Obama requesting a pardon.

Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, known as "red shirts," delivered a provocative petition to King Bhumibol's aides on Aug. 17 requesting a pardon for Mr. Thaksin.

Requesting a pardon, Manning will tell president Obama he acted "out of a love to my country, and a sense of duty to others".

A bill requesting a pardon from George W. Bush passed the House of Representatives in 2008 but died in the Senate.

While Mr. Putin has suggested on numerous occasions that a convict must admit guilt in requesting a pardon, the law in fact does not require such an admission, or even that a petition for a pardon be filed.

Both had requested a pardon.

Parker requested a pardon, and received it, in 1991.

His wife had requested a pardon from the Indian government, but her plea was denied.

The State Department had earlier said that Mr. King intended to request a pardon and amnesty for the missionary, Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American from Washington State.

The government said in a statement that it had released the opposition leader, Birtukan Mideksa, because she had requested a pardon last month.