executive clemency
| Noun | 1. | executive clemency - the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction |
| 单词 | executive clemency | |||
| 释义 | executive clemency
executive clemencyexecutive clemencyn. the power of a President in federal criminal cases, and the Governor in state convictions, to pardon a person convicted of a crime, commute the sentence (shorten it, often to time already served), or reduce it from death to another lesser sentence. There are many reasons for exercising this power, including real doubts about the guilt of the party, apparent excessive sentence, humanitarian concerns such as illness of an aged inmate, to clear the record of someone who has demonstrated rehabilitation or public service, or because the party is a political or personal friend of the Governor. (See: pardon) executive clemency
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