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Jimmy Cater
Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to Amercans who evaded the Vietnam war draft.
Canada granted amnesty to deserters during the American Revolution. They were allied with the British and would naturally protect their interests in this way.
Herbert Hoover
Andrew Johnson Lee was never granted an individual pardon during his lifetime. He applied for one but it was not acted upon, apparently because the required oath of allegiance was misfiled. Johnson's Amnesty proclamation of July 4, 1868 applied to all former Confederates not actually under indictment, and required no oath, but this still didn't help Lee, who had been indicted for treason in June 1865, though the indictment was never proceded with.However, at Christmas 1868 President Johnson issued a further amnesty which did not make this exception, so that Lee was included in it, even though not mentioned by name. Lee's citizenship was restored by Congressional resolution and a pardon was granted posthumously effective 13 June 1975 by Gerald R. Ford.
To ensure civilian control of the military.
President Ronald Reagan, 1986
The main reason that President Carter granted amnesty to Americans who had evaded the draft was to help people heal after the Vietnam War. Once President Carted granted amnesty to the draft dodgers, they were allowed to come back home after being away for 4 years.
He granted amnesty to Americans who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War
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 a war-criminal, but when the new government took power he was granted amnesty."
The jury granted amnesty to the convict. -A
President Jimmy Carter granted 'amnesty' to the draft dodgers of the Vietnam War.
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Jimmy Carter issued an amnesty to all Draft Dodgers in 1977 as part of his policy of cultural reconciliation since the war in Vietnam was over.
Since amnesty means to pardon or ask for forgiveness so you could say Please give me amnesty but it depends on which amnesty you are using because another definition is a general pardon of offenses especially political ones against a government.The police granted an amnesty to anyone keeping a firearm, so they could hand it in and have it disposed of, without retribution.Many people worry about illegal immigrants, while others wish to make them legal by granting them amnesty.When the president was inaugurated, he granted amnesty to five criminals in celebration.
None of them were granted amnesty. Since we won the war and Britain recognized the independence of the United States there was no amnesty to grant since no crime had been committed. Michael Montagne
Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to Amercans who evaded the Vietnam war draft.