Clemency
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Had option to pardon myself: Trump's veiled attack on Biden's last-minute clemency to family members
World | Jan 23, 2025, 01:12 PM ISTJoe Biden, the former US President, pardoned his family members moments before Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the US. Trump attacks Biden's last-minute clemency saying he even had the option to pardon himself but he did not to do.
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Biden grants mercy to four Indian-Americans in biggest single-day act of clemency
World | Dec 13, 2024, 01:15 PM ISTThe commutations announced on Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.
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President defends clemency decisions
India | Jun 25, 2012, 08:23 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 25: The Rashtrapati Bhavan today defended its granting mercy to some death row convicts saying the power to pardon is not a private act of grace by the President but a part
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Beant's Family Favours Clemency For Rajoana
India | Mar 25, 2012, 10:50 PM ISTChandigarh, Mar 25: The family of slain Punjab chief minister Beant Singh today favored clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana who is on death row for the 1995 killing of the Congress leader.“To maintain peace and
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Uproar In JK Assembly Over Clemency To Afzal Guru
India | Sep 28, 2011, 02:10 PM ISTSrinagar, Sep 28: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for half-an-hour today after Opposition BJP members demanded that the Speaker drop the resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru from the list of
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Daughter Wants To Come To India To Seek Clemency For Murugan
India | Sep 02, 2011, 09:26 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 2: The 20-year-old daughter of Nalini and Murugan, who were convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, wants to come to India and campaign for clemency for her father who is on death
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No Power To Alter President's Order On Clemency: Jaya
India | Aug 29, 2011, 01:23 PM ISTChennai, Aug 29: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said she has no power to alter the Presidential order rejecting the clemency plea of the three Rajiv Gandhi assassins.Making a suo moto statement in