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Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday. CBC | World News
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Trump promise to pardon ex-Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking looms as country votes
Two conservative challengers were practically tied for the lead in Honduras’s presidential contest, with votes from about 55 per cent of polling places counted early Monday, according to preliminary and partial results. CBC | World News
Read More »Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. CBC | World News
Read More »Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden criticizes presidential pardon
The prosecutor who led lengthy investigations into U.S. President Joe Biden’s son has defended his efforts, saying the criminal charges against Hunter Biden were the culmination of “thorough, impartial” work and “not partisan politics.” CBC | World News
Read More »A parent’s pardon: Joe Biden’s precedent-setting move magnifies power of the presidency
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Read More »The astonishing story of Private Lonsdale’s death sentence and German Kaiser pardon
For Armistice Day, we reveal the forgotten story of First World War soldier Private William Lonsdale who twice escaped the firing squad after the Daily Express relentlessly campaigned about a terrible injustice Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Hungary president resigns amid uproar over her pardon of man convicted in child sex abuse case
Hungary’s conservative president resigned Saturday amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. CBC | World News
Read More »Biden makes thousands convicted on marijuana charges eligible for pardon
U.S. President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia eligible for pardons, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemencies meant to rectify racial disparities in the justice system. CBC | World News
Read More »BBC Breakfast: Fans lose it as Dan Walker makes OUTRAGEOUS remark ‘I beg your pardon!’
BBC BREAKFAST fans were stunned when Dan Walker made a shocking innuendo live on air earlier today. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Trump’s hinted pardon of ally Joe Arpaio called ‘extremely unusual’
If U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on suggestions he’ll pardon notorious former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, it would amount to extraordinary defiance of the justice system in service of political grandstanding, according to experts on pardons. CBC | World News
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