Assertion: amnesty | /r/HasProperty | granted
Facets:
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: after conviction
type: TEMPORAL
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
value: after conviction for the crime
type: TEMPORAL
value: after the institution of criminal prosecution
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Amnesties, which in the United Kingdom may be granted by the crown or by an act of Parliament, were formerly usual on coronations and similar occasions, but are chiefly exercised towards associations of political criminals, and are sometimes granted absolutely, though more frequently there are certain specified exceptions.
text: The word used to mean 'forgotten', but has since changed to mean 'the act by which pardon is granted'
text: Amnesty may be "granted to classes of persons or communities who may be guilty of political offenses, generally before or after the institution of the criminal prosecution and sometimes after conviction.
text: Amnesty may be granted before or after the institution of criminal prosecution and
text: Pardon is granted to individuals while Amnesty is granted to a class of person.
text: Under U.S. immigration laws, amnesty is a type of status that is granted to certain immigrants and non-citizens.
text: Amnesty may be granted if:
text: Amnesties, which in the United Kingdom may be granted by the crown or by an act of Parliament, were formerly usual on coronations and similar occasions, but are chiefly exercised towards associations of political criminals, and are sometimes granted absolutely, though more frequently there are certain specified exceptions.
text: Amnesty is often granted because a governing authority decides that the need for offenders to comply with the law outweighs the importance of taking punitive measures against them.
text: Another distinction between the terms is that pardon may only be granted to individuals who have already been convicted, while amnesty may be granted to individuals who have been charged, but not convicted yet.
text: Amnesty is usually granted because the war or other conditions that made the acts criminal no longer exist or have faded in importance.
text: A pardon is always given to an individual who hs been convicted, amnesty may be granted to a group or class of people who may or may not have been convicted of an offense.
text: Academic amnesty may be requested for all previous courses earned while enrolled as a graduate student at UL Lafayette prior to the semester that amnesty is granted.
text: (4) Amnesty is granted either before or after conviction while pardon is given only after conviction;
text: Pardon is granted to individuals while Amnesty is granted to a class of person.
text: Another distinction between the terms is that pardon may only be granted to individuals who have already been convicted, while amnesty may be granted to individuals who have been charged, but not convicted yet.
text: Amnesty means 'the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals.'
text: It refers to the forgiveness of past criminal actions and thereby exempting from prosecution some criminal action[i]. Amnesty can be distinguished from pardon in that amnesty is extended to persons who are subject to prosecution but not yet convicted whereas, a pardon is granted to a person who has already been convicted.
text: (2) Amnesty is generally addressed to a group or a community, while pardon is granted to an individual or a limited number of individuals;
text: A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction.
text: The pardon may be either general, when it is granted to all those covered by a specific law passed by qualified quorum in National Congress, or particular, when it is granted by Supreme Decree of the President of the Republic.
text: Traditionally, they will propose some petty criminal about to end his sentence for pardon being granted to him, and he/she will be released following the tradition to which the pardon holds, usually during the Holy Week.