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# Pardon

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'Being in Ireland, I understand' - Boks coach Nienaber sympathises with players over fire pit accident
‘Everybody does it like that over there and accidents happen,’ said the former Munster defence coach, who lived in Ireland between 2016 and 2017.
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Jun 9th 2021, 4:33 PM
Tiger King's Joe Exotic fails to receive pardon from Trump
The former zookeeper’s life became the focus of the documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness.
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Jan 20th 2021, 1:10 PM
Donald Trump pardons former strategist Steve Bannon in final hours of presidency
The pardons and commutations for 143 people were announced in the final hours of Trump’s White House term.
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Jan 20th 2021, 6:56 AM
Colleagues describe Navy Seal pardoned by Trump as 'freaking evil'
Veterans told investigators that Eddie Gallagher, was “okay with killing anybody that was moving”.
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Dec 27th 2019, 10:20 PM
Trump asserts 'absolute right' to pardon himself
It is believed to be the first time Trump himself has asserted the power.
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Jun 4th 2018, 4:20 PM
Trump pardons boxing's first black heavyweight champion after Stallone's appeals
Trump had said previously that Stallone had brought Johnson’s story to his attention in a phone call.
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May 24th 2018, 8:07 PM
Urban Outfitters are taking the absolute piss with this 'crop top'
What exactly do you expect us to do with this?
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Mar 11th 2017, 4:09 PM
Assange 'standing by' offer to be extradited to US - lawyer
Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden.
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Jan 18th 2017, 9:46 AM
Poll: Should Barack Obama pardon Edward Snowden?
After commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning, should Obama offer a pardon to the whistleblower Edward Snowden?
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Jan 18th 2017, 8:21 AM
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
Full pardon granted to French woman who killed abusive husband
The woman in her 60s will walk free from a jail southeast of Paris where she was serving a 10-year sentence for the killing.
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Dec 28th 2016, 5:27 PM
Ibrahim Halawa is not one of 82 young people freed from Egyptian jail today
He has now been awaiting trial for 1,187 days.
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Nov 17th 2016, 3:22 PM
Britain is to pardon thousands of people convicted of homosexuality
Anyone alive who was convicted of same-sex acts before the law was abolished will now receive an automatic pardon.
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Oct 20th 2016, 5:52 PM
Harry Gleeson granted Ireland's first posthumous pardon, 74 years after his execution
He was hanged in 1941 after being convicted of murdering Mary McCarthy.
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Dec 19th 2015, 4:36 PM
Benedict Cumberbatch appeals for pardon for gay men convicted of 'indecency'
Stephen Fry is also one of the signatories of an open letter calling on the British government to pardon the men.
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Jan 31st 2015, 11:00 AM
Myanmar's president pardons political offenders
Myanmar’s reformist president is trying to fulfil his pledge to free all political prisoners by the end of this year.
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Dec 30th 2013, 5:13 PM
Obama pardons Popcorn, the National Thanksgiving turkey
Popcorn was declared the winner of the 2013 National Thanksgiving Turkey competition and won’t end up on someone’s plate tomorrow.
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Nov 27th 2013, 10:41 PM
Dubai pardons alleged rape victim who was sentenced to 16 months in prison
The Norwegian woman was convicted of having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape by a co-worker.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 6:57 PM
Bill giving amnesty to Irish WWII deserters presented to Dáil
Soldiers who deserted the Defence Forces to fight for the allied side were denied pay and pension rights.
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Mar 6th 2013, 9:02 PM
Oireachtas agenda: WW2 pardon, promissory notes and obesity
The Operation Transformation team meet the Health committee this morning to discuss Ireland’s obesity problem.
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Feb 14th 2013, 7:20 AM
Pussy Riot will not ask Putin for pardon: lawyer
The three women told their lawyer: “Let them go to hell with their pardon”.
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Aug 20th 2012, 10:40 AM
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
Column: Time to ask questions about Irish army deserters during World War II
What do we know about the men who deserted during the war? Noble heroes who fought for the allies, mercenaries who battled the Nazis, or simply men who wanted out, asks Dr Michael Kennedy.
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Jun 17th 2012, 8:30 AM
Govt apologises for treatment of Irish WWII veterans
Defence Forces members who fought with the Allies in WWII were persecuted in Ireland for desertion.
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Jun 12th 2012, 5:35 PM
Shatter indicates pardon on the way for Irish deserters who fought in WWII
Thousands of Irish soldiers fled the Defence Forces to fight for the Allies in World War II. They were persecuted upon their return to Ireland.
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Jan 25th 2012, 9:28 AM
Iranian man due to be blinded over acid attack pardoned by victim
Ameneh Bahrami was blinded and seriously injured when her classmate threw a jar of acid at her following her refusal to marry him.
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Jul 31st 2011, 12:57 PM
Irishman may be pardoned for conviction – 166 years after his execution
Rhode Island politician determined to clear name of Irishman put to death in 1845.
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Mar 31st 2011, 7:30 PM