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Justice, Mercy, and Caprice - Clemency and the Death Penalty in Ireland (Hardcover)
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Justice, Mercy, and Caprice - Clemency and the Death Penalty in Ireland (Hardcover)
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
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Justice, Mercy, and Caprice is a work of criminal justice history
that speaks to the gradual emergence of a more humane Irish state.
It is a close examination of the decision to grant clemency to men
and women sentenced to death between the end of the civil war in
1923 and the abolition of capital punishment in 1990. Frequently,
the decision to deflect the law from its course was an attempt to
introduce a measure of justice to a system where the mandatory
death sentence for murder caused predictable unfairness and undue
harshness. In some instances the decision to spare a life sprang
from merciful motivations. In others it was capricious, depending
on factors that should have had no place in the government's
decision-making calculus. The custodial careers of those whose
lives were spared repay scrutiny. Women tended to serve relatively
short periods in prison but were often transferred to a religious
institution where their confinement continued, occasionally for
life. Men, by contrast, served longer in prison but were discharged
directly to the community. Political offenders were either executed
hastily or, when the threat of capital punishment had passed,
incarcerated for extravagant periods. This book addresses issues
that are of continuing relevance for countries that employ capital
punishment. It will appeal to scholars with an interest in criminal
justice history, executive discretion, and death penalty studies,
as well as being a useful resource for students of penology.
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