How to Use clemency in a Sentence

clemency

noun

• The President has granted clemency to several people this month.
• Releasing Noorzai would also require Biden to grant him clemency.
  — Michael Ames, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2021
• Trump, who was vocal in his support of Gallagher throughout the trial, later granted him clemency.
  — Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2021
• News of the clemency decision invited criticism from some of those victims on Monday.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
• The notion of clemency for some inmates is just one of several ideas being examined in the executive branch and Congress.
  — New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• Cuomo on Monday granted clemency to a total of six people before resigning from office under a cloud of scandals.
  — Jessica Chasmar, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2021
• In an interview for a video that accompanied his clemency petition, Moore expressed remorse for the killing of Mahoney.
  — CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
• The Menendez defense team is now pursuing an alternate path in the form of a clemency request to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
• Baker served only two years of 19-year sentence before Bevin, in a flurry of clemency orders at the end of his term, pardoned him, saying the evidence against him was sketchy.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2021
• The legal and policy discussions about a mass clemency program are focused on nonviolent drug offenders with less than four years remaining in their sentences, the officials said.
  — New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• Still worried that the deal could fall apart at the last minute, Biden waited to sign Bout’s clemency until the last minute.
  — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
• Dorsey, who had requested clemency, thanked those who tried to save his life.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Barack Obama didn’t take any clemency action in his first two years.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• West has been working to free Hoover for some time now, having asked Donald Trump in 2018 to grant Hoover clemency.
  — Katie Song, Variety, 20 Nov. 2021
• Mendez said the Board received a letter from Redmond's children asking the state not to grant any form of clemency.
  — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
• The White House announced Thursday that Montes, 37, has been granted clemency.
  — Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• Over the years, former FBI agents have pushed back against Peltier's claim of innocence and bid for clemency.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2022
• Trump issued clemency for both Stone and Flynn between the election and Jan. 6, Raskin said.
  — CBS News, 13 July 2022
• Both men were granted clemency by Biden before the release.
  — Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
• But the governor has not sought to use his clemency power to reduce any of the current death sentences to life in prison.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2022
• His lawyer, Kacey Keeton, is working to seek clemency from the governor.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Gascón on Wednesday urged Newsom to grant clemency for the Menendez brothers.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
• Scott did say that those defendants could go through the clemency process as allowed under law.
  — Adam Brewster, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2022
• Only the president can grant clemency to those who violate the city’s laws.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
• Joe Biden handed out his first grants of clemency as president.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
• The bigger picture: This is one of the nation’s most sweeping acts of clemency involving cannabis.
  — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• He was granted clemency by President Ronald Reagan the next year, at age 27.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• Parson has not granted clemency on a death penalty case.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
• The two men kept in touch, and in August 2021, Mr. Gibbs wrote a heartfelt letter to the governor requesting clemency.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• His first steps to freedom came last fall, when the state parole board recommended clemency for Shabazz.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024