amnesty

     

Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to the position of innocent persons. It inclues more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense. The word has the same root as amnesia.

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  • Jefferson granted one of these general pardons to those convicted under the Alien & Sedition Acts
  • From the Greek for "not remembered", it's a pardon granted by the government to political offenders
  • Not a pardon, which lifts punishment, it differs by barring prosecution

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