of Reprieve
Source: Webster's dictionaryAll those involved in both plots were arrested in July and tried in autumn 1603; Sir George Brooke was executed, but James, keen not to have too bloody a start to his reign, reprieved Cobham, Grey, and Markham while they were at the scaffold. Source: Internet
In February 1954, more fuel was added to this fire when another European, who had stabbed to death his pregnant girlfriend, was reprieved, while ‘Darkie’ Whiteland, a mentally disturbed Maori was hanged. Source: Internet
Pavarotti's last stage performance was as Cavaradossi at the Met, on 13 March 2004. citation Early Cavaradossis played the part as if the painter believed that he was reprieved, and would survive the "mock" execution. Source: Internet
At 17 he was imprisoned and tortured by the Hungarian fascists and was reprieved from a death sentence. Source: Internet
If differentiation between reprieve and other leniency policies cannot be clarified, the number of prisoners who are reprieved may be quite large. Source: Internet
Presented with 303 execution warrants for convicted Santee Dakota who were accused of killing innocent farmers, Lincoln conducted his own personal review of each of these warrants, eventually approving 39 for execution (one was later reprieved). Source: Internet