Discretionary Justice : Pardon and Parole in New York from the Revolution to the Depression /

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The pardon is an act of mercy, tied to the divine right of kings. Why did New York retain this mode of discretionary justice after the Revolution? And how did governors' use of this prerogative change with the advent of the penitentiary and the introduction of parole? This book answers these qu...

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Autor principal: Strange, Carolyn, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Parole.
Pardon.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Decision making.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Liberation conditionnelle > New York (État) > Histoire.
Criminal justice, Administration of > New York (State) > Decision making > History.
Parole > New York (State) > History.
Pardon > New York (State) > History.
New York (State)
History.
Electronic books.
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