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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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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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Executed Iranian Protester's Father Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
Iranian authorities have jailed a father who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency for his 22-year-old son after he was sentenced to death in connection with 2022 protests, his lawyer said Saturday.
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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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US Man, On Death Row For Killing His Family, Dug Out Own Eyes, Swallowed One
Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering his wife, son and stepdaughter in Texas asked authorities on Wednesday for clemency because he is mentally ill.
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Indian-Origin Malaysian Man Executed In Singapore For Drug Trafficking
A Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking was executed on Wednesday in Singapore after a last-ditch legal challenge by his mother failed in a high-profile case that had attracted international calls for clemency, his family said.
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Iran Sentences Pair To Death For Adultery: Report
Iran's supreme court has upheld death sentences for adultery against a 27-year-old and his 33-year-old lover after the man's father-in-law denied them clemency, a reformist newspaper reported Saturday.
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Trump Pardons 73 Including Ex-Aide Steve Bannon, Not Himself Or Family
US President Donald Trump granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations issued in his final hours in office, but did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
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Trump Pardons Ex-Aide Steve Bannon Ahead Of White House Exit: Report
U.S. President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations he will issue during his final hours in office, a senior administration official said.
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Can Donald Trump Pardon His Associates Or Himself? Explained
US President Donald Trump could issue a flurry of pardons during his final days in power.
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Dimple Kapadia Films Tenet With Christopher Nolan And John David Washington In Mumbai. See Pics
Tenet also features Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clemence Poesy, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh.
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Indonesia Grants Clemency To Canadian Teacher Convicted Of Sexual Abuse
Indonesia has granted clemency to a Canadian teacher convicted of sexually abusing students, an official said on Friday, in a case that critics say was riddled with irregularities and threw a spotlight on the Southeast Asian country's justice system.
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Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie Titled Tenet, Casts Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, 3 Others
Christopher Nolan’s next movie now has a title — Tenet — and has added five new cast members in Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Dimple Kapadia, Kenneth Branagh, and Michael Caine, as it begins production.
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UAE Pardons British Student Minutes After Showing 'Spy Confession' Video
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family's request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's intelligence agency MI6.
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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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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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Executed Iranian Protester's Father Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
Iranian authorities have jailed a father who campaigned unsuccessfully for clemency for his 22-year-old son after he was sentenced to death in connection with 2022 protests, his lawyer said Saturday.
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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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US Man, On Death Row For Killing His Family, Dug Out Own Eyes, Swallowed One
Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering his wife, son and stepdaughter in Texas asked authorities on Wednesday for clemency because he is mentally ill.
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Indian-Origin Malaysian Man Executed In Singapore For Drug Trafficking
A Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking was executed on Wednesday in Singapore after a last-ditch legal challenge by his mother failed in a high-profile case that had attracted international calls for clemency, his family said.
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Iran Sentences Pair To Death For Adultery: Report
Iran's supreme court has upheld death sentences for adultery against a 27-year-old and his 33-year-old lover after the man's father-in-law denied them clemency, a reformist newspaper reported Saturday.
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Trump Pardons 73 Including Ex-Aide Steve Bannon, Not Himself Or Family
US President Donald Trump granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations issued in his final hours in office, but did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
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Trump Pardons Ex-Aide Steve Bannon Ahead Of White House Exit: Report
U.S. President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of pardons and commutations he will issue during his final hours in office, a senior administration official said.
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Can Donald Trump Pardon His Associates Or Himself? Explained
US President Donald Trump could issue a flurry of pardons during his final days in power.
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Dimple Kapadia Films Tenet With Christopher Nolan And John David Washington In Mumbai. See Pics
Tenet also features Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clemence Poesy, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh.
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Indonesia Grants Clemency To Canadian Teacher Convicted Of Sexual Abuse
Indonesia has granted clemency to a Canadian teacher convicted of sexually abusing students, an official said on Friday, in a case that critics say was riddled with irregularities and threw a spotlight on the Southeast Asian country's justice system.
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Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie Titled Tenet, Casts Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, 3 Others
Christopher Nolan’s next movie now has a title — Tenet — and has added five new cast members in Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Dimple Kapadia, Kenneth Branagh, and Michael Caine, as it begins production.
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UAE Pardons British Student Minutes After Showing 'Spy Confession' Video
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying charges, granting his family's request for clemency minutes after showing a video of him purportedly confessing to being a member of Britain's intelligence agency MI6.
