Clemency: Where Mercy Meets the Constitution
14 Pages Posted: 25 Feb 2022 Last revised: 22 Mar 2022
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Date Written: 2022
Abstract
Catholic social teaching has long embraced the virtue of mercy. This book chapter argues that clemency offers an opportunity for that deep and ancient value to address modern criminal justice in the United States, a secular conduit through which the Good can be attained and redemption received.
Keywords: Clemency, Mass incarceration, criminal law, commutations, pardons, presidential powers, Catholic, mercy
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Hawilo, Maria and Osler, Mark William, Clemency: Where Mercy Meets the Constitution (2022). U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4043247 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4043247
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