clemency

• “Enraged at this contempt of what he called his clemency, at Haarlem, Alva resolved to make Alkmaar an example of his cruelty, and he wrote to Philip that everyone in it should be put to the sword.”

  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

• “He has allegedly asked for clemency from the state, according to the same news report.”

  Global Voices in English » Vietnam arrests prominent lawyer and writer

• “The president believes that the pardon attorney should have an opportunity to review this case before a decision on clemency is made.”

  Discourse.net: Pardon Update (Updated)

• “Granting clemency is not undermining the rule of law.”

  Think Progress » Hume Still Pushing “Definition” Of Torture Rejected By Administration A Year Ago

• “Elliott, who has dual U.S. and British nationality, is hoping for clemency from the Texas Pardons and Paroles Board after an appeal to the U.S.”

  U.K. Lawmaker Says Texas Inmate Innocent

• “Neither compassion nor "mercy," which the Supreme Court as far back as 1855 saw as central to the very idea of clemency, is acknowledged as being of any account.”

  The Texas Clemency Memos

• “But clemency is a political act, not a judicial one.”

  The Texas Clemency Memos

• “But the real problem with citing thorough court review as a standard for denying clemency is that none of the 152 executions Bush approved would have landed on his desk had the cases not already passed through all the courts.”

  The Texas Clemency Memos

• “Source's Desire: She wished to receive clemency from the GVN so that she could rejoin her family.”

  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT

• “Executive clemency is the last final right a person convicted of murder in our country has to save himself from the gallows.”

  The Death Penalty—For and Against

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