Clemency Quote by Camille Desmoulins

After all, clemency is by nature outside the rule of law. When conferred upon those already convicted of crimes, it unravels the decision of…

— Asha Rangappa

I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system.

— Noam Chomsky

“I believed in clemency, once," Captain Noble said, at last, "A long time ago, before I learned that the world is a hard place,…

— G.L. Tysk

This is a boy's lot: anything he does, anything whatever, may afterward turn out to have been a crime - he never knows. And…

— Booth Tarkington

“The Americas became a symbol of clemency, of a second chance.”

— Neil Gaiman

I'm sure that those - well, I know for a fact that the prisoners, the political prisoners in the federal system, is asking [Barack…

— Sekou Odinga

“The prospect that a person will be killed according to the policy he promulgates prompts the [priest] to urge clemency, an incomprehensible position logically.”

— Helen Prejean

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

— Maximilien Robespierre

Restoring the right to vote to individuals who have served their term in prison is also a common-sense public safety measure.

— Alex Padilla

In addition to making sense and serving the needs of justice, rehabilitating prisoners and releasing them when they are ready can save taxpayers money.

— Charlie Kirk

“Accepting punishment – that would be revolutionary.”

— David Burr Gerrard

PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.

— Ambrose Bierce