| ENTRY | ACQUISITION DATE | LOCATION |
| 18462 | 2009-07-22 | 343.293(73) S 243 |
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| TITLE |
| MERCY ON TRIAL: WHAT IT MEANS TO STOP AN EXECUTION |
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| ABSTRACT |
| This book discusses the executive power that U.S. governors have to extend capital clemency, that is, to commute capital sentences. In recent decades, executive mercy has been increasingly criticised in the U.S., and the use of it to stop executions has declined. The book examines many aspects of capital clemency, including its history, problems and advantages associated with it, and debates that have surrounded it. Among other things, it addresses the question of its compatibility with rule of law principles. The author acknowledges that there are problems associated with executive mercy but argues in favour of it. |
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| AUTHOR(S) |
| SARAT, AUSTIN D. |
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| PUBLISHER | PLACE | YEAR | SERIES |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS | PRINCETON, N.J. | 2005 | |
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| PAGES | EDITION | NOTES |
| 337 | | 23 CM |
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