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the clemency
noun
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
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Many Puerto Ricans opposed the clemency.
"The clemency plea has been answered.
The Al-Otaibis turned down the clemency pleas.
"The clemency thing seems a little bit more removed.
"[Not all the clemency requests] are on my table yet.
Another member of the clemency board, Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, said it was not the job of the clemency board to "retry" his case.
A Texas appellate judge has called the clemency system "a legal fiction".
The favoritism inherent in the clemency process had long been a source of frustration for Bush.
But he pointed out that the clemency board spent seven hours handling other cases.
When he passed the clemency proposal on to Mr. McCord, he added a word of advice.
Violent criminals, but not murderers or rapists, must apply to the clemency board.
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