11.   Gov. Mike Easley commuted the death sentence of an inmate who had argued that Easley should not hear clemency pleas because he once advocated capital punishment as a prosecutor.

12.   She also said the government routinely forwards clemency pleas for Hong Kong residents on death row in other countries.

13.   The clemency plea is the last avenue for Chan to escape the gallows.

14.   The Hong Kong government has said it was forwarding to China clemency pleas for Cheung and one of his gang members on behalf of their families.

15.   The government on Thursday halted the execution of a Hong Kong man convicted of drug smuggling to allow him to file a clemency plea, his lawyer said.

16.   The government rejected all clemency pleas including a personal one by Mou and the latest on Thursday by the London-based human rights group, Amnesty International.

17.   The warrant for his arrest was issued Friday, after President Abdurrahman Wahid rejected a clemency plea.

18.   Gilford said he changed his mind on a clemency plea after reports that Saudi officials forced the nurses to sign confessions.

19.   His appeal against the death sentence was rejected by a three-judge appeal court in November last year and his clemency plea rejected in July this year.

20.   His first clemency plea to Singapore President Ong Teng Cheong was turned down in July.