And what better action could there be than urging clemency for Tremane?

They urged clemency because scores of Illinois murderers (male and female) whose crimes were more aggravated than Ms. Garcia's had not been sentenced to death.

Yet a number of influential whites now urged clemency for the youths as a way of protecting Alabama from further ridicule and abuse.

He also read a letter from Walter Kaufmann acknowledging that Eichmann deserved the most severe punishment, but urging clemency because "we are not bloodthirsty".

May my poor efforts urge clemency and reconciliation.

Over 666,000 petitions urging clemency for Mr. Davis were delivered to the Georgia pardons board.

The Governor of Alabama received over 1,000 letters urging clemency for Wilson.

The British Labour Party and the International Commission of Jurists likewise sent letters urging clemency.

The President urges clemency for the Sharpeville Six in South Africa on compassionate and humanitarian grounds.

Even the judge who presided at her trial joined the chorus urging clemency.