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  • August 2008

    • Swiss Pardon Europe's Last Executed Witch

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 4:56 AM CDT

      Swiss Pardon Europe's Last Executed Witch

      (Newser) - It's 226 years too late to restore her head to her body but the Swiss have decided to restore the good name of convicted witch Anna Goeldi, the Independent reports. Goeldi, the last person in Europe to be executed for witchcraft, was tortured and killed after being accused of casting spells to make a young girl convulse and spit pins. More »

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      Switzerland  • pardon  • witchcraft  • witches  • exonerate

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Chad Pardons, Frees French 'Orphan' Kidnappers

      BBC  |  Apr 1, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Chad Pardons, Frees French 'Orphan' Kidnappers

      (Newser) - The six men imprisoned for kidnapping 103 Chadian children have been pardoned and freed from a French prison, reports the BBC. Convicted in Chad and sentenced to hard labor, the members of charity group Zoe's Ark had been transferred to a facility in France, and received a pardon from Chadian president Idriss Deby yesterday. More »

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      kidnapping  • Darfur  • Chad  • pardon  • Idriss Deby  • Zoe's Ark

  • December 2007

    • Huckabee Rocked Little Rock

      New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 11:55 AM CST

      Huckabee Rocked Little Rock

      (Newser) - Mike Huckabee surged to the top of the polls in the Republican presidential contest partly because of his squeaky clean image, but the persona emerging from years as governor of Arkansas is quite different, the New York Times reports. Supporters and critics alike remember him as a hard-charging iconoclast with little tolerance for opposition and an appetite for unpopular positions. More »

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      Election 2008  • Bill Clinton  • Mike Huckabee  • governor  • Arkansas  • pardon  • clemency

  • July 2007

    • Libya Reveals Source of $$$ to Free Medical Workers

      BBC  |  Jul 28, 07 1:35 PM CDT

      Libya Reveals Source of $$$ to Free Medical Workers

      (Newser) - Libya announced details today about the deal that freed six foreign medical workers, as it  officially protested the pardoning of the workers by the Bulgarian government,  BBC reports. The group had been imprisoned in Libya since 1999 for infecting 438 children with HIV/AIDS. But international experts say there was absolutely no basis for the charges. More »

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      European Union  • torture  • AIDS  • Libya  • extradition  • Bulgaria  • pardon

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Pals Seek Pardon for Jail-Bound Heiress

      NBC  |  May 8, 07 12:20 PM CDT

      Pals Seek Pardon for Jail-Bound Heiress

      (Newser) - Paris Hilton fans are rallying to keep the heiress out of an orange jumpsuit. More than 1,000 have signed an online petition to Gov. Schwarzenegger to pardon her for the parole-violation conviction that otherwise will cost her 45 days in jail. The grounds: that she "provides hope for young people all over the U.S. and the world."  More »

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      celebrity  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Paris Hilton  • jail  • pardon

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