Clemency
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On the other hand, a few acts of
clemency
, or, more properly speaking, of discriminating justice, had, with one portion of the community, acquired for Dunwoodie the character of undue forbearance.
More example sentences with word clemency
The lawyers might file a
clemency
petition, they might initiate even more complex litigation, or they might not do anything at all.
They built a system of community justice, called Gacaca, which integrated their need for nationwide reconciliation with an ancient tradition of
clemency.
During his 21 years behind bars, Memon exhausted every possible appeal available to him, including one for presidential
clemency.
It certainly was not a moral act of
clemency.
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