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

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Strange, Carolyn,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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