What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below? as chief executive, the president can grant amnesty through pardons and reprieves. a. the death penalty b. multiple life sentences c. freedom from a criminal or civil charge d. early release from prison based on good behavior

the pogroms became known as kristallnacht, the "night of shattered glass," for the shattered glass from the store windows that littered the streets. the morning after the pogroms 30,000 german jewish men were arrested for the "crime" of being jewish and sent to concentration camps, where hundreds of them perished.