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Clemency in sentence

29 examples of Clemency in a sentence

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.
Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment.
Even before Estrada’s conviction, opinion polls showed that 48% of Filipinos wanted clemency, if not a guaranteed pardon from Arroyo.
The Cuban Conference of Bishops followed by demanding clemency for the prisoners.
If the fiction is maintained that the court was merely doing its judicial duty as it saw it, decency could still prevail: Anwar could be granted executive clemency.
What does not yet seem to have registered with Jokowi, or with enough of his fellow citizens, is the incongruity of refusing even to consider clemency for those on Indonesia's death row, while lobbying passionately for clemency for more than 200 Indonesians condemned to die elsewhere, notably in the Gulf.
Echoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s position on Meng’s arrest, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying – who had criticized the Meng case as “an abuse of judicial procedures” – rejected Canada’s appeal for clemency for Schellenberg.
Meanwhile, Trump has pardoned or granted clemency to criminal allies and alleged war criminals.
If we do not succeed in saving him by an appeal to clemency, his death will be a sort of suicide ..."'Mathilde did not, of course, mention to Julien a thing which she herself did not yet suspect; namely, that the Abbe de Frilair, seeing Julien irremediably lost, thought that it would serve his own ambition to aspire to become his successor.
And, as he saw him hesitate: 'I am composing a memorial for my appeal to clemency ... but anyhow ... do me a favour, never to speak to me of death.
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.
"An old book that," said the curate, "but I find no reason for clemency in it; send it after the others without appeal;" which was done.
He can set forth the craftiness of Ulysses, the piety of AEneas, the valour of Achilles, the misfortunes of Hector, the treachery of Sinon, the friendship of Euryalus, the generosity of Alexander, the boldness of Caesar, the clemency and truth of Trajan, the fidelity of Zopyrus, the wisdom of Cato, and in short all the faculties that serve to make an illustrious man perfect, now uniting them in one individual, again distributing them among many; and if this be done with charm of style and ingenious invention, aiming at the truth as much as possible, he will assuredly weave a web of bright and varied threads that, when finished, will display such perfection and beauty that it will attain the worthiest object any writing can seek, which, as I said before, is to give instruction and pleasure combined; for the unrestricted range of these books enables the author to show his powers, epic, lyric, tragic, or comic, and all the moods the sweet and winning arts of poesy and oratory are capable of; for the epic may be written in prose just as well as in verse."
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."
Willoughby could not hear of her marriage without a pang; and his punishment was soon afterwards complete in the voluntary forgiveness of Mrs. Smith, who, by stating his marriage with a woman of character, as the source of her clemency, gave him reason for believing that had he behaved with honour towards Marianne, he might at once have been happy and rich.
Clemency is a royal virtue; employ it, and you will find that you derive advantage therein."
This idea completely restored clemency to his heart.
CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEAREDComing now to the other qualities mentioned above, I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel.
Nevertheless he ought to take care not to misuse this clemency.
enquired Ivanhoe; "would not any one say that this Prince invites men to treason by his clemency?"
At that very instant, His Bulgarian Majesty happening to pass by made a stop, and inquired into the delinquent's crime, and being a prince of great penetration, he found, from what he heard of Candide, that he was a young metaphysician, entirely ignorant of the world; and therefore, out of his great clemency, he condescended to pardon him, for which his name will be celebrated in every journal, and in every age.
Clemency is a fine, royal virtue, which turns aside the currents of wrath.
Oh, sire! clemency is the only light which can enlighten the interior of so great a soul.
Clemency beareth the torch before all the other virtues.
Compassion, which is the same thing as clemency, causeth the love of subjects, which is the most powerful bodyguard to a prince.
This unwonted clemency was no small sign of it.