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Executive Clemency

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Executive clemency refers to the power given to the executive branch of government to grant mercy or pardon to individuals who have been convicted of a crime. It is a constitutional authority that allows the head of state to show leniency towards offenders, either by commuting their sentence, reducing their punishment, or pardoning them altogether.

Sample Sentences:

Sense 1: Pardon

1. The President granted executive clemency to a political prisoner, pardoning him for his alleged crimes.
2. After serving many years in prison, the inmate finally received executive clemency and was granted a full pardon.

Sense 2: Commutation

1. The Governor decided to exercise executive clemency and commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
2. Due to overcrowding in the penitentiary, the judge recommended executive clemency to commute the lengthy sentence.

Sense 3: Mercy

1. The judge showed executive clemency by considering the defendant's difficult circumstances and offering a more lenient sentence.
2. The President's act of executive clemency took into account the prisoner's genuine remorse and granted a reduction in his sentence.

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