Clemency in example sentence

If our innocence and her tears and mine can with strict justice open the door to clemency, extend it to us, for we never had any intention of injuring you, nor do we sympathise with the aims of our people, who have been justly banished."

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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