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# Clemency

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# Clemency
Death row prisoner who hired hitman to kill his family given last-minute reprieve
His father appealed for his life.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 10:43 AM
# Clemency
Obama 'considering reducing Chelsea Manning's prison sentence'
She has served seven years of a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material.
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Jan 11th 2017, 8:12 PM
# Death Penalty
Death row prisoner given reprieve two hours before execution
Warren Hill, who is intellectually disabled,was sentenced to death for killing a fellow prisoner.
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Jul 24th 2012, 12:23 PM
# Syria
Syrian air force pilot defects to Jordan and is granted political asylum
The pilot flew his plane to Jordan while on a training mission.
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Jun 21st 2012, 3:22 PM
# Arab Spring
Tánaiste seeks clemency for Bahraini medics
The doctors and nurses were sentenced after being found guilty of aiding an uprising against the Gulf kingdom’s regime.
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Jun 16th 2012, 2:21 PM
# China
China executes Filipino drug dealer despite clemency plea
The Phillipine president made an appeal on humanitarian grounds to avert today’s execution.
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Dec 8th 2011, 8:02 AM
# Race for the Áras
Norris received TCD disability pension because of Hepatitis diagnosis
David Norris confirms he received a disability pension from Trinity College, after being diagnosed with Hepatitis in 1994.
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Oct 5th 2011, 12:22 PM
# Race for the Áras
National Library does not know if Norris clemency letters are in archive
The National Library received boxes of David Norris papers but won’t be opening them to the public or media without senator’s permission.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 2:41 PM
# Race for the Áras
Norris: Unpublished Nawi letters are covered by legal privilege
Senator David Norris says more letters seeking clemency for Ezra Nawi are covered by “professional legal privilege”.
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Sep 28th 2011, 11:21 AM
# Race for the Áras
McGrath to meet with supporters tonight to discuss Norris, while Ross provides 18th signature
Mattie McGrath has yet to make a decision on supporting Norris, while Shane Ross has confirmed his support. Meanwhile the Sunday Times reports six new clemency letters have been revealed.
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Sep 25th 2011, 11:06 AM
# Death Row
Troy Davis' final appeal denied, execution to go ahead
After spending more than two decades on death row, Georgia inmate Troy Davis is to be killed by lethal injection today – despite Amnesty International insisting that the evidence against him has “fallen apart”.
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Sep 21st 2011, 8:39 AM
# Gay's letters
Mitchell will release what clemency appeal letters he has
The Fine Gael presidential candidate is under pressure for letters appealing for clemency for death row inmates that he has written during his time as a TD and MEP.
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Aug 27th 2011, 2:46 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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Aug 12th 2011, 4:54 PM
# Race for the Áras
Mitchell defends letter seeking clemency for Death Row inmate
Gay Mitchell tells RTÉ that he sought clemency for Paul Hill simply because he thinks the death penalty “is barbaric”.
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Aug 12th 2011, 11:14 AM
# Race for the Áras
Calls for Mitchell to explain letter seeking clemency for double murderer
A Fine Gael TD is calling on the party’s presidential candidate to explain a letter he sent eight years ago.
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Aug 4th 2011, 8:29 AM