recommendation to mercy
recommendation to mercy 〈英〉赦免建议 在死刑判决生效后,陪审团可提出基于某些法定理由的赦免建议。这一建议没有法律效力。在苏格兰,该建议供苏格兰内务大臣或国务大臣在决定是否建议给予罪犯缓期执行或减刑时考虑。
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recommendation to mercy 〈英〉赦免建议 在死刑判决生效后,陪审团可提出基于某些法定理由的赦免建议。这一建议没有法律效力。在苏格兰,该建议供苏格兰内务大臣或国务大臣在决定是否建议给予罪犯缓期执行或减刑时考虑。
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in mercy 听候发落;就如何处罚法官正在斟酌中 旧时的判决中往往会注明败诉的一方当事人正听候法庭发落以表明哪一方输了官司。如原告因提出虚假主张而听候发落〔in misericordia pro falso clamore suo〕。
mercy rule. Evidence. The principle that a defendant is entitled to offer character evidence as a defense to a criminal charge. • This type of evidence is often offered by the defendant’s friends and relatives. Fed. R. Evid. 404(a)(1).
mercy. Compassionate treatment, as of criminal offenders or of those in distress; esp. imprisonment, rather than death, imposed as punishment for capital murder. See CLEMENCY.
The limited discretionary power of a supreme authority, such as a state governor, national president, or sovereign, to commute a death sentence, change the method of execution, or issue a pardon, esp. for a person convicted of a capital crime.
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prerogative of mercy 〈英〉赦免权 早期国王行使特权赦免罪犯的情况相当普通,此后,赦免权被用以改变执行方式,如将绞刑改为斩首。再后来,这一特权被用于根据国务大臣或苏格兰事务大臣的建议将死刑改为终身监禁,但自废除死刑后,赦免权已不再如此行使。 (→pardon)
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in mercy, adv. At a judge’s discretion concerning punishment. • A judgment formerly noted (by the Law Latin phrase in misericordia) which litigant lost by stating that the unsuccessful party was in the court’s mercy. A plaintiff held in mercy for a false claim, for example, was said to be in misericordia pro falso clamore
recommendation of mercy 建议宽大处理 陪审团在作出被告人有罪裁断的同时,建议法庭从宽判刑。
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