The jury granted amnesty to the convict. -A
Amnesty is a way for past criminals to be forgiven.
many political prisioners were freed under the amnsesty granted by the new rigime.
Amnesty is usually a sort of pardon, or act of forgiveness for one party by another (usually a government or court does the forgiving). In a sentence: "He was accused by the corrupt leaders of being...
The president gave him amnesty so that he could not be charged for his crimes.