Example sentences for: clemency

How can you use “clemency” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The paper also reports that documents made available yesterday show that the DOJ weighed in with the White House against clemency in 1996.

  • Politicos disagree about which was clumsier: Bill's offer of clemency to cultivate Puerto Rican support for his wife's Senate campaign; or Hillary's rejection of that support in an attempt to cultivate her own identity.

  • The top issues are Bill Clinton's grant of clemency for imprisoned Puerto Rican nationalists and Bill Bradley's official announcement of his presidential candidacy.

  • "On execution night, do you ever pick up a six pack and head down to the pen, to taunt the condemned and mock them when they beg for clemency?"

  • Elie Wiesel, Edgar Bronfman Sr., and Alan Dershowitz--a holy trinity of North American Jews--recently implored the president to grant Pollard clemency.


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