Sentence examples for requesting clemency from inspiring English sources

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

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

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 committee has also sent an open letter to Khamenei requesting clemency for Kokabee.

News of the new trial date comes as a number of scientific groups including the American Physical Society (APS), the international optics society SPIE, the Optical Society of America, the International Commission for Optics, and the European Optical Society have signed open letters to the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, requesting clemency for Kokabee.

Three of the officers, not including Sebree, wrote a supplementary opinion requesting clemency for Nicholson.

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

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.