as in amnesty
permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of a sentence usually as a reward for behaving well
The prisoner will be eligible for parole after three years. He was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
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Recent Examples of parole
Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
In a statement, the attorney who advocated for Peltier's parole praised the outgoing president.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Malik Webb, a 29-year-old ex-convict from Genesee County who has a history of gun violence and was paroled early last year, despite getting convicted of another weapons crime while behind bars.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
According to the judge, a life sentence without the possibility of parole was not allowed in this case because Rudakubana was 17 at the time of the crime.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
In a statement, the attorney who advocated for Peltier's parole praised the outgoing president.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
She was sentenced to ten years in prison and was paroled in late 2023 after serving eight years.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Malik Webb, a 29-year-old ex-convict from Genesee County who has a history of gun violence and was paroled early last year, despite getting convicted of another weapons crime while behind bars.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
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The word ‘amnesty’ is extra charged in current Spanish politics, given current Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, of the socialist PSOE party, heads a coalition whose survival depends on support from the Catalan nationalist party Junts.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Spencer took issue with revisionists who glossed over parts of Reagan’s record — raising taxes, increasing the size of the federal government, signing a law that gave amnesty to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally — that contravened the Reagan myth.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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Shocking Photos of the Violent Riots at the U.S. Capitol The Times also reports that Hemphill may face some legal challenges in rejecting the pardon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Graves, the now-former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said the pardons can’t erase what people witnessed.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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These can be necessary when a person is stranded after evacuation and must wait to be rescued.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of them, on average 17 a day, die without having had the opportunity to be rescued.—
Allan Chernoff,
Hartford Courant,
16 Jan. 2025
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While Mikhail managed to escape by climbing out a window and taking refuge in a nearby nunnery, the men took his son hostage, and Mikhail was not able to ransom him until several days later.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The contributions were indeed necessary, for without them there would be no way, for example, to ransom Jewish captives (a major concern of the Diaspora communities throughout the Middle Ages), help the poor and the sick, provide for orphans, or fund synagogues and schools.—
Michael Walzer,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2011
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“Parole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parole. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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