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Example sentences for: reprieve

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The Texas governor can't grant clemency to a death-row prisoner, although he can grant a 30-day reprieve until a state board reviews the prisoner's plea.
Pundits called the decision a reprieve for Kenneth Starr--who has lost some recent court decisions--but noted it doesn't affect the separate assertion of attorney-client privilege for Clinton aide Bruce Lindsey.