Clemency
Clemency
-granting of mercy in individual cases -a power given to a public official to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment on a prisoner
is the use of clemency increasing or decreasing
decreasing
for what reasons to grant clemency
for any reason they see fit
who can grant clemency
gov or prez
gubernatorial clemency in states
must grant the gov. discretionary authority- either act on his own or review by board
are these decisions constrained by the legislature and subject to review by the courts
no
executive clemency
president has the power to commute or delay sentences and to pardon offenses
why doesnt this always work
procedural regularities
why does the US say that clemency is a procedural safeguard
a final chance for the executive to correct an error that might have occurred in assessing guilt or sentence