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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To 2,500 Convicts, Highest In US History
President Joe Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
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US President Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Nearly 1,500 Criminals: White House
Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
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Tanzania Says One Of Two Citizens Missing In Hamas Attack Dead
Tanzania has announced the death of one of two nationals taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7 attacks on Israel.
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Biden Grants Clemency To 5 Jailed Iranians As US Confirms Prisoner Swap
A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane that departed Iran. They include three previously identified Americans -- Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, and Emad Sharqi -- and two who wish to remain anonymous.
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Didn't File Plea In Karnataka Court, Ready To Settle Dues: Vijay Mallya
Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing money laundering charges in multi-crore fraud case, today said he has not applied for any clemency plea in Karnataka High Court and is ready to settle dues.
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US Releases 4 More Guantanamo Prisoners
The Pentagon announced that four more inmates were transferred out of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marking the final such transfer under President Barack Obama and leaving the facility's population at 41.
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Obama Commutes Sentence Of Chelsea Manning, Soldier In WikiLeaks Case
President Barack Obama commuted the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, an Army private convicted of taking troves of secret diplomatic and military documents and disclosing them to WikiLeaks, after deciding that Manning had served enough time.
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Barack Obama Set For Pardon Frenzy As He Leaves Office
A Rastafarian prophet, a former Taliban captive and thousands of minor drug traffickers have one thing in common: Their names have been submitted to President Barack Obama for clemency before he leaves office in two weeks.
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Barack Obama Cuts Short Prison Sentences For 214 Convicts
President Barack Obama cut short the prison terms of 214 convicts on Wednesday, the largest number of commutations a US leader has granted in single day since at least 1900, the White House said.
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A Drug Dealer And The US Judge Backing His Freedom Bid
"Dear Mr. President, I write to you as the judge who sentenced Weldon Angelos to a 55-year mandatory minimum prison term for non-violent drug offenses."
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US to Execute Woman Despite Pope Francis Appeal
The US state of Georgia was set to execute its first woman in 70 years on Tuesday despite a last-minute appeal for clemency from Pope Francis.
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Indonesia President Stands Firm on Executions of Foreigners in Drug Smuggling Case
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has defended his decision to reject clemency for foreigners on death row for drug smuggling, but said he does not rule out abolishing capital punishment in the future.
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Supreme Court slams Punjab govt's clemency politics in Balwant Singh Rajoana's case
The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...
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Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana after Badal meets President
The Centre has stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision follows a mercy petition filed by Sikh body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that has been actively backed by the Punjab government and o...
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Clemency politics acquires fever pitch
For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995 and given the death sentence in 2007.
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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To 2,500 Convicts, Highest In US History
President Joe Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
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US President Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Nearly 1,500 Criminals: White House
Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
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Tanzania Says One Of Two Citizens Missing In Hamas Attack Dead
Tanzania has announced the death of one of two nationals taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7 attacks on Israel.
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Biden Grants Clemency To 5 Jailed Iranians As US Confirms Prisoner Swap
A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane that departed Iran. They include three previously identified Americans -- Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, and Emad Sharqi -- and two who wish to remain anonymous.
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Didn't File Plea In Karnataka Court, Ready To Settle Dues: Vijay Mallya
Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing money laundering charges in multi-crore fraud case, today said he has not applied for any clemency plea in Karnataka High Court and is ready to settle dues.
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US Releases 4 More Guantanamo Prisoners
The Pentagon announced that four more inmates were transferred out of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marking the final such transfer under President Barack Obama and leaving the facility's population at 41.
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Obama Commutes Sentence Of Chelsea Manning, Soldier In WikiLeaks Case
President Barack Obama commuted the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, an Army private convicted of taking troves of secret diplomatic and military documents and disclosing them to WikiLeaks, after deciding that Manning had served enough time.
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Barack Obama Set For Pardon Frenzy As He Leaves Office
A Rastafarian prophet, a former Taliban captive and thousands of minor drug traffickers have one thing in common: Their names have been submitted to President Barack Obama for clemency before he leaves office in two weeks.
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Barack Obama Cuts Short Prison Sentences For 214 Convicts
President Barack Obama cut short the prison terms of 214 convicts on Wednesday, the largest number of commutations a US leader has granted in single day since at least 1900, the White House said.
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A Drug Dealer And The US Judge Backing His Freedom Bid
"Dear Mr. President, I write to you as the judge who sentenced Weldon Angelos to a 55-year mandatory minimum prison term for non-violent drug offenses."
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US to Execute Woman Despite Pope Francis Appeal
The US state of Georgia was set to execute its first woman in 70 years on Tuesday despite a last-minute appeal for clemency from Pope Francis.
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Indonesia President Stands Firm on Executions of Foreigners in Drug Smuggling Case
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has defended his decision to reject clemency for foreigners on death row for drug smuggling, but said he does not rule out abolishing capital punishment in the future.
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Supreme Court slams Punjab govt's clemency politics in Balwant Singh Rajoana's case
The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...
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Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana after Badal meets President
The Centre has stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision follows a mercy petition filed by Sikh body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that has been actively backed by the Punjab government and o...
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Clemency politics acquires fever pitch
For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995 and given the death sentence in 2007.
