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Amnesties and Pardons

Amnesties and Pardons

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    Min Ko Naing, a leader of the 88 Generation Students Group, speaks during a press conference at a shopping mall on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The nearly legendary student leader from Myanmar's failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising was...

    Min Ko Naing, a leader of the 88 Generation Students Group, speaks during a press conference at a shopping mall on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The nearly legendary student leader from Myanmar's failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising was... View Photo »

  4. Of the 44 exonerations or wrongful convictions that have been identified in Texas, about 80 percent have been the result of erroneous eyewitness identification. It's a pretty common problem, particularly in wrongful conviction cases.
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    French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, shakes hands with Min Ko Naing, right, a prominent student leader, during their meeting at the French embassy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, the nearly legendary leader of a failed...

    French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, shakes hands with Min Ko Naing, right, a prominent student leader, during their meeting at the French embassy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, the nearly legendary leader of a failed... View Photo »

  9. Let’s issue reality TV’s first ever post–Thanksgiving Day presidential pardon. Let’s not vote anyone off this week. Wouldn’t that be great?
    SOURCE: New York Magazine 2 months ago
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  11. Kazakhstan: Rights Activist Released from Prison amid Crackdown
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    Astana might be expecting complimentary headlines for releasing a jailed critic, but rights watchdogs are using the amnesty of Yevgeniy Zhovtis to highlight the country’s recent silencing of opposition voices. Zhovtis, director of the Kazakhstan Internat

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  1. Activists pray at Botataung pagoda to release political prisoners on Sunday, Nov.20, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. About 200 activists take part in this event. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    Activists pray at Botataung pagoda to release political prisoners on Sunday, Nov.20, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. About 200 activists take part in this event.

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  2. PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - DECEMBER 23: Miroslav Tancos (C) and other ethnic Roma who received a presidential pardon from former Czech President Vaclav Havel after one of them slapped Czech right-wing leader Miroslav Sladek in 1998 stand among other mourners to watch Havel's state... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

    PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - DECEMBER 23: Miroslav Tancos (C) and other ethnic Roma who received a presidential pardon from former Czech President Vaclav Havel after one of them slapped Czech right-wing leader Miroslav Sladek in 1998 stand among other mourners to watch Havel's state...

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  3. Min Ko Naing, a leader of the 88 Generation Students Group, speaks during a press conference at a shopping mall on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The nearly legendary student leader from Myanmar's failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising was freed on Jan. 13 as part of a... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    Min Ko Naing, a leader of the 88 Generation Students Group, speaks during a press conference at a shopping mall on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The nearly legendary student leader from Myanmar's failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising was freed on Jan. 13 as part of a...

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  4. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, shakes hands with Min Ko Naing, right, a prominent student leader, during their meeting at the French embassy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, the nearly legendary leader of a failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, was... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, left, shakes hands with Min Ko Naing, right, a prominent student leader, during their meeting at the French embassy on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Min Ko Naing, the nearly legendary leader of a failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, was...

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  5. Former British Army officer Simon Mann poses for photographers with his new book entitled 'Havoc' during a book signing in central London on December 14, 2011. Mann the British soldier-turned-mercenary launched a book about his role in the failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea that... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    Former British Army officer Simon Mann poses for photographers with his new book entitled 'Havoc' during a book signing in central London on December 14, 2011. Mann the British soldier-turned-mercenary launched a book about his role in the failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea that...

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  6. FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011, file photo U.S. President Barack Obama, left, stands with Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. When Clinton visits Myanmar this week, she'll see a country that has... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011, file photo U.S. President Barack Obama, left, stands with Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. When Clinton visits Myanmar this week, she'll see a country that has...

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  7. FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2011, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as he announces that she will travel to Myanmar, on the sidelines of the ASEAN and East Asia summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. When Clinton... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2011, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as he announces that she will travel to Myanmar, on the sidelines of the ASEAN and East Asia summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. When Clinton...

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  8. In this booking Nov. 9, 2011, booking mugshot provided by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office, Mark Alan Norwood, 57, is shown. Authorities have identified Norwood as a new suspect who has been arrested in the murder of a Texas woman whose husband was wrongfully convicted of the... AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    In this booking Nov. 9, 2011, booking mugshot provided by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office, Mark Alan Norwood, 57, is shown. Authorities have identified Norwood as a new suspect who has been arrested in the murder of a Texas woman whose husband was wrongfully convicted of the...

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  9. Dewey Bozella (R) raises his arms as Larry Hopkins has his mouthpiece replaced by referee Marcos Rosales (L) during their boxing match in Los Angeles, California October 15, 2011. Fifty-two-year-old Bozella is fighting in his first professional bout after spending 26 years in prison... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    Dewey Bozella (R) raises his arms as Larry Hopkins has his mouthpiece replaced by referee Marcos Rosales (L) during their boxing match in Los Angeles, California October 15, 2011. Fifty-two-year-old Bozella is fighting in his first professional bout after spending 26 years in prison...

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  10. Dewey Bozella (L) battles Larry Hopkins during their boxing match in Los Angeles, California October 15, 2011. Bozella, 52, is fighting in his first professional bout after spending 26 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, and that conviction was overturned two... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

    Dewey Bozella (L) battles Larry Hopkins during their boxing match in Los Angeles, California October 15, 2011. Bozella, 52, is fighting in his first professional bout after spending 26 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, and that conviction was overturned two...

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  11. Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, after released from a prison. He is among those released Friday under a presidential pardon in Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, after released from a prison. He is among those released Friday under a presidential pardon in Myanmar.

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  12. Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, receives flowers from supporters as he visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a... AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

    Min Ko Naing, center, a prominent student leader from the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising, receives flowers from supporters as he visits a pagoda in Pyay, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Min Ko Naing, arrested in March 1989, is among those released Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, under a...

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  13. Former boxer Dewey Bozella enters the press room with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award he received at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California, July 13, 2011. Bozella, who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Former boxer Dewey Bozella enters the press room with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award he received at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California, July 13, 2011. Bozella, who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent...

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  14. Former boxer Dewey Bozella holds up the Arthur Ashe Courage Award after receiving it at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California, July 13, 2011. Bozella, who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent 26 years... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Former boxer Dewey Bozella holds up the Arthur Ashe Courage Award after receiving it at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California, July 13, 2011. Bozella, who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent 26 years...

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  15. Actor Kiefer Sutherland (R) presents the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to former boxer Dewey Bozella at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California, July 13, 2011. Bozella, who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Actor Kiefer Sutherland (R) presents the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to former boxer Dewey Bozella at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California, July 13, 2011. Bozella, who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent...

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  16. Dewey Bozella (2nd L) arrives with family members at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California July 13, 2011. Bozella who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent 26 years behind bars at the Ossining prison and... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

    Dewey Bozella (2nd L) arrives with family members at the 2011 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, California July 13, 2011. Bozella who was freed in 2009 after his wrongful conviction for a 1977 murder in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, spent 26 years behind bars at the Ossining prison and...

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  1. Of the 44 exonerations or wrongful convictions that have been identified in Texas, about 80 percent have been the result of erroneous eyewitness identification. It's a pretty common problem, particularly in wrongful conviction cases.
    SOURCE: KUHF Houston Galveston 2 months ago
  2. Let’s issue reality TV’s first ever post–Thanksgiving Day presidential pardon. Let’s not vote anyone off this week. Wouldn’t that be great?
    SOURCE: New York Magazine 2 months ago
  3. The number one cause of wrongful conviction in the United States and in the world is misidentification.
    SOURCE: KPBS | 89.5 FM 2 months ago
  4. I think the settlement that the state made is a strong indication that they think he was wrongfully convicted.
    SOURCE: Journal Gazette & Times-Courier 2 months ago
  5. We hope Clinton can convince the Burmese regime to release political prisoners and improve human rights violations
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 2 months ago
  6. When we looked at corroboration the really critical question for us was: is this something that actually reduces the prospect of a wrongful conviction? And it wasn’t. We then looked at the other side of the coin to say, is corroboration something which is impeding justice? And the conclusion was that is...
    SOURCE: Herald Scotland 2 months ago
  7. An official has informed me that a presidential pardon has been issued to release them
    SOURCE: Al Arabiya 2 months ago
  8. The criminal justice system failed Donald Marshall Jr., at virtually every turn from his arrest and wrongful conviction for murder in 1971 up to, and even beyond, his acquittal by the Court of Appeal in 1983.
    SOURCE: Rabble.ca 2 months ago
  9. According to one story, Lincoln’s son Tad begged his father to write out a presidential pardon for the bird meant for the family’s Christmas table.
    SOURCE: Bangor Daily News 2 months ago
  10. Let me assure this fine tom he will not end up on anyone’s dinner table. Not this guy. He’s been granted a presidential pardon as of right now, allowing him to live out his days on a farm not far from here.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 months ago
  11. According to one story, Lincoln’s son Tad begged his father to write out a presidential pardon for the bird meant for the family’s Christmas table, arguing it had as much a right to live as anyone. Lincoln acquiesced and the turkey lived.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 months ago
  12. Turkey gets presidential pardon.
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