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Amnesty

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Amnesty is seen like a pardon given by the government to a group of people. This is usually for a political offense.[1] Though the term general pardon has a similar definition,[2] an amnesty constitutes more than a pardon, in so much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense.[3] Amnesty is used the same way as freedom.

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  1. Bryan A. Gardner (ed.). 2009. Blacks Law Dictionary (9th ed.). St. Paul, MN: West, p. 99
  2. "What is GENERAL PARDON?". The Law Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Amnesty". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 875.