Discretionary Justice : : Pardon and Parole in New York from the Revolution to the Depression / / Carolyn Strange.
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 questio...
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Strange, Carolyn, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Discretionary Justice : Pardon and Parole in New York from the Revolution to the Depression / Carolyn Strange. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Governing Mercy in the Emerging Republic -- 2. Mercy and Diversity -- 3. Debating the Pardon in Antebellum New York -- 4. The Pardon and the Progenesis of Parole in the Mid- Nineteenth Century -- 5. Reformulating Discretion in the Mid- to Late Nineteenth Century -- 6. The Entanglement of Parole and Pardoning in the Progressive Era -- 7. The Crime Wave and the War against Discretionary Justice in the 1920s -- Epilogue -- Note on Sources -- Governors of New York, 1777– 1942 -- Tables -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 questions by mining previously unexplored evidence held in official pardon registers, clemency files, prisoner aid association reports and parole records. This is the first book to analyze the histories of mercy and parole through the same lens, as related but distinct forms of discretionary decision-making. It draws on governors’ public papers and private correspondence to probe their approach to clemency, and it uses qualitative and quantitative methods to profile petitions for mercy, highlighting controversial cases that stirred public debate. Political pressure to render the use of discretion more certain and less personal grew stronger over the nineteenth century, peaking during constitutional conventionsand reaching its height in the Progressive Era. Yet, New York’s legislators left the power to pardon in the governor’s hands, where it remains today. Unlike previous works that portray parole as the successor to the pardon, this book shows that reliance upon and faith in discretion has proven remarkably resilient, even in the state that led the world toward penal modernity. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Criminal justice, Administration of New York (State) Decision making History. Pardon New York (State) History. Parole New York (State) History. LAW / Legal History. bisacsh Crime. Race. antidiscrimination. antislavery. criminology. discrimination. law. slavery. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110728989 print 9781479899920 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479899920.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479843619 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479843619/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Governing Mercy in the Emerging Republic -- 2. Mercy and Diversity -- 3. Debating the Pardon in Antebellum New York -- 4. The Pardon and the Progenesis of Parole in the Mid- Nineteenth Century -- 5. Reformulating Discretion in the Mid- to Late Nineteenth Century -- 6. The Entanglement of Parole and Pardoning in the Progressive Era -- 7. The Crime Wave and the War against Discretionary Justice in the 1920s -- Epilogue -- Note on Sources -- Governors of New York, 1777– 1942 -- Tables -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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