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Capital punishment is abolished, and we have recently proclaimed a general political amnesty.
Society should make a truce occasionally, or proclaim an amnesty with offenders of our stamp.
An amnesty was granted, and the more brutal of his predecessor's coercive measures were repealed.
Frederick waited till everybody was killed, then entered the city and proclaimed an amnesty.
Politically, the most pressing measure was the grant of an amnesty to the conquered Royalists.
At last, on the 30th of September, Ferdinand signed a proclamation of absolute and universal amnesty.
The amnesty will not apply to actions committed after the confirmation of the peace treaty.
He cannot long remain excluded from the general amnesty already extended to the other refugees.
I, Sir, am anxious to see universal amnesty; but with it must be asserted also universal justice.
The Spartans, alarmed in their turn, voluntarily invited him back with a promise of amnesty.
There were three main issues to be considered: Universal amnesty, civil service reform, and tariff reform.
The anniversary of the amnesty of 1846 was the occasion of the discovery of this conspiracy.
The insurrection being put down, a general amnesty seems to have been extended to the rebels.
He was, however, kept in rigorous confinement, and his name excepted out of every act of amnesty.
Trials were to continue, but the amnesty would take effect if it were applicable to the sentence.
Morris, who devised the successful capture, and five others, were specifically excepted from the amnesty.
He had pardoned nearly all the leaders in the rebellion through the medium of amnesty proclamations.
Lincoln may be said to have died holding out to the Nation his policy of amnesty and reconstruction.
A general amnesty for all offenses is declared and fugitives may return without fear of prosecution.
The great question which was disturbing the Chambers and the country was the general amnesty.
Six families in every hundred were promised amnesty on condition of remaining, but none accepted the offer.
He advised against the proclamation of amnesty upon the ground that the act was then premature.
They were now amnestied, and three months later, March 8, they were admitted to their seats.
He can not long remain excluded from the general amnesty, already extended to the other refugees.
Amnesty was extended to all the remaining prisoners, except six officers, who were shot soon afterward.
Not a partial amnesty, but a full and complete amnesty to all political prisoners, including terrorists.
The king demanded money, the commons claimed a complete amnesty; neither would begin to make concessions.
Just two months prior to this general incarceration of Bulgarians a general amnesty had taken place.
I'll have the Princess speed things up by offering amnesty to those that surrender without resistance.
"The amnesty has opened up a path for the legal dissemination of your ideas," they tell me.
Most of those sentenced to imprisonment from such trials have been amnestied, the largest group in 1964.
The next year a bill of amnesty was passed, and the country settled down into comparative quiet.
There are strong reasons why it should be united with amnesty, especially since the latter is pressed.
Her Majesty having been advised to refuse her assent to the exceptions, the amnesty exists without qualification.
There were some political prisoners who had not been included in his amnesty, and these were pardoned.
A complete amnesty for what was past, and entire and mutual confidence for the future were proclaimed.
If ever I could be brought to forgive, it should only be on condition of passing a general amnesty.
The delegates read a project of compromise which spoke of a general amnesty and a suspension of arms.
A general amnesty had been passed by the government, and he had been pardoned among the rest.
He contented himself accordingly with issuing a decree of amnesty for all political offenders except the leaders.
His plans were all in ruins, and, unless an amnesty were declared, he must be once more the refugee.
The first rebellion had passed without the judicial shedding of any blood and with a generous amnesty.
There was also granted an amnesty to all persons who had been condemned to payment of money penalties.
That suspension of arms, however, had been accompanied by an amnesty, including all persons except the Coadjutor.
The King had just heard of the strange scene among the Mont Saint-Michel people who were amnestied.
This step, this offer of amnesty and pardon, and invitation to state reconstruction, took every one by surprise.
The people and the nobles were tired of the strife, and a general amnesty was proclaimed in 1653.
The amnesty had been declared, and yet it still remained a question, a bill was still considered necessary.
The Queen was therefore prevailed upon to offer an amnesty for all offenders except those convicted of heresy.
Naval discipline necessarily suffered by the amnesty imposed by men who had just massacred their officers.
Even Montrose and his friends were suffered to share in the general amnesty, though after a colder fashion.
The amnesty which followed led to a conference at which terms were arranged and a general pardon granted.
There shall be a complete amnesty on both sides to all who have taken part in the late hostilities.
That we thought there were reasons sufficiently important to justify an amnesty, on the grounds of state policy alone.
Arbitrarily excepted from the amnesty in 1859, Proudhon was pardoned two years later by a special act.
Four of the chiefs were put to death, and an amnesty was granted to the remainder of the rebels.
For the rest, a general amnesty was to be declared, and a release of prisoners on both sides effected.
After peace was restored the President granted amnesty to all who had borne arms against the republic.
He has been refused the benefit of the amnesty, but he will be allowed to leave the country quietly.
Besides, supposing the proclamation has been rightly reported, the amnesty is promised only for the past troubles.
And, finally, said authority promised that he would propose and there would be conceded a very ample amnesty.
A month later, when General Gage offered amnesty to all the rebels, Hancock and Adams were especially excepted.
Only whites who had taken the amnesty oath could elect delegates, or themselves be elected, to this convention.
An advance guard came sailing down the coast, sending letters ashore at every port promising amnesty and rewards.
On May 11, 1869, an amnesty was granted to all political prisoners, who had not already been sentenced.
They would clearly come within the fourteenth amendment unless they have been amnestied by the statute of limitations.
All but five of the persons excepted from the amnesty were either pardoned or released on payment of a fine.
A most desirable marriage; and, if made, I suppose that would suffice to obtain your cousin's amnesty and grace?
As a fitting close to the war he proclaimed an amnesty to all who had borne arms against him.
At his death the mass of his soldiers, on amnesty being proclaimed for them, immediately transferred their allegiance.
She promised to give no high offices to strangers or to clergymen; and she extended to all a general amnesty.
We have already agreed to an amnesty more extensive than justice required, and full as extensive as humanity could demand.
Certainly but little enthusiasm could be expected from the crowd, had the text of the amnesty been heard.
Measures for a general political amnesty and for the closing of gambling houses were readily voted by the Chambers.
There has been a general amnesty, but it can hardly be expected that these persons will be well received.
The amnesty which he granted was the beginning of the immense if short-lived popularity which he was to enjoy.
The power of pardon and amnesty, like the power of appointment, has been used for them, wholesale and retail.
The woman, as the secretary knew, could not, with all deference to his Majesty, be included in an amnesty.
This promise, however, of an amnesty, like many other promises of Pius the Ninth, was made with a mental reservation.
He would not avail himself of the amnesty, and, though elected to the Diet of 1867, never took his seat.
We met the young man a week later at a mountain village, a day after a general amnesty had been declared.
However, President Buchanan sent out his Peace Commissioners who brought his Proclamation, declaring a general amnesty to all offenders.
A considerable number were excepted by name, but even on these terms a proclamation of amnesty was a confession of failure.
A list was presented to the Regent Philip of other offenders, but he tore the paper, and published an amnesty.
And mind, this cup is a pledge of amnesty to all offenders, of union among ourselves, and of devotion to our Queen!
To the general act of amnesty, which the consul had issued on his access to power, there were many exceptions.
It specifically deals with amnesty which is proof of the importance with which it regards the question of political offenders.
I have been advised to except him from the amnesty, but I have been unwilling to cause this grief to the queen.
And when he saw her smile, her companion took it as a sign of amnesty, and himself resumed the conversation.
There were, however, certain parts of the valleys to which the amnesty granted by the Duke did not apply.
A policy of gentleness and amnesty they would have mistaken for fear; only severity could inspire them with respect.
A general amnesty was to be proclaimed for all except a certain few who were to be named in the proclamation.
Davis and his chief civil officers from any part in the negotiations and making the terms of amnesty general.
He had been previously arrested under the Peace Preservation Act, sentenced to two years' imprisonment and pardoned under an amnesty.
When others accepted the amnesty, I refused, and lived in concealment, my life hanging upon the chance of being captured.
The amnesty which had been proclaimed in consequence of the happy event, had been received with satisfaction throughout the land.
Warner conveyed a hope that the quartermaster might be included in the general amnesty, but to this Ray made no response.
Thereupon the savages sued for peace, and an amnesty was established that lasted as long as Smith remained in the country.
And when I shook my head at all this, he comforted me with the assurance that an amnesty was at hand.
It was then that he issued a general amnesty in favor of all those who had been condemned for political offenses.