| The report goes on to recommend amnesty for any person convicted of possession of cannabis under current or past legislation. |
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| However, there are no plans at this time to have an amnesty on illegal weapons. |
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| West Yorkshire Police have launched an amnesty on offensive weapons in the Wakefield and Pontefract areas. |
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| The streets of south Essex could be rid of hundreds of firearms in a month-long amnesty to crack down on gun crime. |
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| Six confessed militants who surrendered to authorities under a government amnesty in July have since been released. |
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| Such cases were specifically excluded from the amnesty laws and the presidential pardons. |
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| And it comes after Greater Manchester Police recently announced their own plans for an amnesty to reduce firearms offences. |
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| The month-long amnesty is being held to encourage people to hand in any illegally held firearms and ammunition without fear of prosecution. |
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| Are aliens really visiting the Earth, and if so, should we amnesty them and give them vote? |
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| The administration has, in fact, stopped talking about the president's amnesty proposal because it went over like a lead balloon. |
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| A key point of the agreement stipulates an amnesty for GAM fighters and other political prisoners. |
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| Trade amnesty for perpetrators in return for them putting their misdeeds on the public record. |
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| He was a petty thief jailed for 15 years, but released by King Abdullah in a traditional amnesty given when the king ascended the throne. |
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| Many of the rest accepted the offer of amnesty offered to those who surrendered within twenty-four hours. |
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| Under an amnesty which expires today, tax dodgers can come forward and will not have to pay more than they already owe. |
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| In October a general amnesty was declared for all who had taken up arms against the Republic. |
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| Declare a gang and gun amnesty to be followed by a three to six-month period of detailed observation and prosecution. |
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| An amnesty to get guns off the streets of Bradford has seen rifles, revolvers and semi-automatic pistols handed over. |
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| Days ago, the Senate declared null and void the amnesty laws passed by Carlos Menem. |
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| But why not give an amnesty to all the dopefiends, which would give us more space for the murderers, rapists, and nonces? |
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| Police are hoping people will take advantage of the amnesty to hand over weapons at stations before the penalties are made law. |
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| A nationwide weapons amnesty has been held throughout the month and finishes tonight. |
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| The national firearms amnesty is a Home Office initiative, which has the unreserved support of the Association of Chief Police Officers. |
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| The estimable Steve Bainbridge disagrees about the merits of the outlined amnesty proposal. |
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| Yeltsin's amnesty for the participants of the coup was the first time in Russian history that the executive had pardoned unrepentant foes. |
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| An allotment amnesty is to be held to allow unregistered holders to turn in their plots to be correctly recorded. |
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| Khaled al-Harbi surrendered to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Iran under a Saudi government amnesty program. |
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| Stofile claimed there was a perception that they looked at granting amnesty only to white perpetrators. |
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| Pragmatists, sensing a bottomless well of grubby dishonesty, have called for an amnesty, hoping to encourage names to be named. |
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| Three weeks into the month-long guns amnesty 1,666 firearms have been handed to Greater Manchester police. |
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| Two years ago, Italy offered a tax amnesty to all those who pulled their money out of Switzerland and redeposited it at home. |
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| The amnesty was offered after Ieng Sary led a mass defection of thousands of Khmer Rouge forces to the government. |
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| Everyone wants democracy, respect of human rights, political pluralism, freedom of the press, and a general amnesty to be issued. |
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| Large sums could be repatriated and reinvested in this country if an amnesty were announced. |
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| Thereafter, the Legislative Assembly granted amnesty for political crimes committed during the war. |
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| At that time, previously existing amnesty laws covering politicians were struck from the constitution. |
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| The month-long countrywide amnesty officially ended at midnight and officers are in the process of collating the final figures. |
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| The government has just passed an amnesty, which specifically excludes political prisoners. |
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| Police are hoping firearms and other weapons will be taken out of circulation during the amnesty. |
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| In Peru, as in other Latin American countries in which official violence was widespread, a sweeping amnesty law is still on the books. |
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| Constitutionally, only the king can grant partial or complete amnesty to anyone convicted in Cambodia. |
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| Both Hack and Blair say they are skeptical of amnesty programs and don't use them to fight piracy and cable theft efforts. |
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| The president has expressed his support for amnesty on some occasions for illegals, much to the chagrin of many in the party. |
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| However, they were later pardoned and amnesty laws now protect most officers from trial. |
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| So if a person takes advantage of the amnesty, other plaintiffs can still sue the person later, though the RIAA cannot. |
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| The month-long amnesty for real firearms and other deadly weapons followed a successful two-month campaign to rid the streets of fake firearms. |
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| Victims and survivors attended amnesty applications and have the right to know if persons denied amnesty have now been pardoned. |
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| During the month-long amnesty, 95 weapons were dropped off in the first seven days followed by 222 in the second week. |
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| In the first week of the amnesty, eight weapons were surrendered to Bolton police, including a rifle, a shotgun, three air rifles, two air pistols and an imitation gun. |
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| The acknowledgment of these crimes, which came as part of an amnesty for them, was a cathartic moment for El Salvador. |
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| The immigrants got their amnesty and the United States got 12 million to 20 million more undocumented immigrants. |
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| But that was so yesterday, much like his contention that he lacked the power to unilaterally confer amnesty. |
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| The soldier implored Usama for amnesty just as Usama prepared to deliver the deathblow. |
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| Pressure was also brought by the newspapers and caused Parliament to vote for, in the name of the unity of France, an amnesty, which pardoned the 13 convicted Alsatians. |
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| Though the corrupt city councilors may get away from the penalty of the law in granting the amnesty, they cannot escape the punishment of the voters in the future. |
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| Refusing to grant political amnesty exacerbates the wounds of conflict. |
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| Nonetheless, usage often views these terms as interchangeable, so that persons not yet tried are pardoned and prisoners serving sentences are granted an amnesty. |
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| The government is to discuss a general amnesty for prisoners convicted of crimes that might be politically motivated, a senior official said yesterday. |
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| They were each sentenced to 29 years in prison but were released in 1992 as part of an amnesty granted to political prisoners, having served only five years of their sentence. |
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| He added that thousands of people had also taken advantage of the recent amnesty period for those illegally receiving social grants to come forward and have them stopped. |
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| The four-week amnesty, involving all police forces in England, Scotland and Wales, to reduce the number of illegal guns in society was launched last week. |
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| More than 1,000 weapons, including 450 guns, have been handed in during the amnesty, with more weapons still coming in to divisional police stations. |
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| Ballistic bags will be provided at Bradford police stations during the month-long amnesty which is aimed at stemming Britain's growing illegal gun culture. |
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| They already knew about Stalin expiring, as that was what the amnesty was for. |
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| Weapons wanted in the amnesty include those with a blade or sharp point, such as knives and machetes, CS gas canisters, coshes and knuckle dusters. |
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| To support instead the gradual evolution of a customary prohibition of amnesty for the crimes under discussion, one may mention other elements of State practice. |
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| While the President was trumpeting amnesty, The New York Times reported on how manufacturing jobs were paying less and less. |
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| Illegal immigrants who came into the country before 1982 were granted amnesty. |
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| To this end an amnesty period of three to six months should be declared to allow those in possession of illegal unlicensed guns to turn them in to the authorities. |
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| He also elected not to take advantage of a recent tax amnesty whereby he could have paid back just 10 percent of what he owed. |
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| Events through the week include a light bulb amnesty at which normal light bulbs can be exchanged for low-energy bulbs donated by Yorkshire Electricity. |
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| Have the president drive in the golden fence post at promontory Point II and sign the amnesty right there. |
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| Banks report very few of the estimated 25,000 to 50,000 bogus non-resident account holders have sought information to help avail of the Revenue Commissioner's amnesty. |
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| Sneak the book back into the stacks and tell them they screwed up because you returned it long ago, or else hold onto it until the next amnesty period. |
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| They would fight against any potential amnesty, for tax and regulatory reform, he said. |
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| The government has a reconciliation program that offers amnesty and jobs. |
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| The President declares a proclamation of amnesty that will pardon any Confederate state that supports the union, but both the North and the South criticize it. |
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| A total of 43 knives, a bayonet, swordstick, Chinese throwing star, a large bullet and a container of CS spray were handed in by the public during the two-week amnesty. |
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| Breeders with bogus American shorthairs produced through illicit hybridization would be allowed to transfer their cats to this newly created amnesty breed. |
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| Before we exclude amnesty from the tools available to peacemakers, we need to conduct more research into the conditions of its successes and failures. |
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| A weapons amnesty, covering firearms, imitations, air weapons and blank firers, together with knives and other weapons, was launched across Surrey this week. |
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| More than 260 knives, coshes, guns and bayonets went on show yesterday as West Yorkshire Police revealed the potentially lethal array of weapons handed in during an amnesty. |
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| Across the county knives and other offensive weapons such as CS gas or pepper sprays, which are prohibited under firearms legislation, are also included in the amnesty. |
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| It issued an amnesty for those who had fought on either side during the liberation war. |
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| Wadih's allies killed him, and the Cordoba garrison surrendered with the expectation of amnesty. |
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| Dismayed by the bloodshed, Ruffo agreed to a general amnesty with the Jacobin forces that allowed them safe conduct to France. |
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| Health professionals in North Tyneside have declared the wheelchair amnesty throughout May in a bid to rescue dozens of lost wheelchairs. |
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| May God, through the wide-handed grace of His pity grant some kind of amnesty. |
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| Herein lies the great dilemma then for the advocates of amnesty. |
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| They had been granted a general amnesty on 17 March, yet Antony succeeded in driving most of them out of Rome. |
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| Along with amnesty, our borders were to be secured once and for all. |
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| He waited for a surrender, announcing an amnesty for all revolutionaries, except foreigners and the leaders. |
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| William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, was accused of fresh crimes, which were not covered by the Alton amnesty, and was banished from England. |
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| After the rediscovery of Pitcairn, John Adams was granted amnesty for his part in the mutiny. |
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| He offered a wide amnesty to participants of the insurrection, and promised to name Arabs to high positions in his government. |
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| Despite this amnesty, some Mauritanians have denounced the involvement of the government in the arrests and killings. |
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| In desperation the Council tried a different strategy, offering an amnesty to thieves if they paid compensation to their victims. |
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| The Suffolk SPCA hosted a reptile amnesty program in September where people could turn their illegal pets in without facing charges. |
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| The National Party's Luis Alberto Lacalle won the 1989 presidential election and amnesty for human rights abusers was endorsed by referendum. |
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| Conversely, a form of ex post facto law commonly called an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts. |
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| The government is going to look for a way to carry out amnesty of the capital that was funneled out of Macedonia. |
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| Giving them amnesty would be a bitter pill for the U.S. to swallow. |
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| Therefore, any union conducting a strike action typically seeks to include a provision of amnesty for all who honored the picket line in the agreement that settles the strike. |
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| Bainimarama agreed with detractors who said that to grant amnesty to supporters of the present government who had played a role in the violent coup was a sham. |
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| Capital amnesty with further formalization of rights for property should be the key element in shadow economy reduction program, according to Igor Chudinov. |
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| An astute financier but a less astute politician, Necker overplayed his hand by demanding and obtaining a general amnesty, losing much of the people's favour. |
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| It really does make a nonsense of the much trumped knife amnesty which resulted in trayfuls of weapons of all shapes and sizes being displayed in local police stations. |
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| There was no amnesty for crimes which had not been prosecuted. |
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| According to Sarkin, the issue of the missing 17,000 people cannot yet be part of Lebanon's postwar general amnesty as the fate of those people remains unknown. |
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| James offered free elections and a general amnesty for the rebels. |
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| Although Charles and Parliament granted amnesty to Cromwell's supporters in the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, 50 people were specifically excluded. |
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| The Act limited damages awardable in a private action against a company that participated in the DOJ's amnesty program that also cooperates with private plaintiffs. |
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| Both sided tackled the necessity to endorse the laws as quick as possible, such as the Federal Court, distribution of revenues, de-baathification and general amnesty. |
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