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I dare say they are, but I'll be bound they're more frightened of Pompey than of Caesar. They are delighted with his artful clemency and fear the other's wrath." Again in Pro rege Deiotaro (For King Deiotarus) Cicero discusses Caesar's virtue of clementia.
It can be a way to show leniency towards somebody. You often hear it used in the context of the law (although, not solely in that context). Judges receive requests for clemency, as do elected ...
Clemency is the granting of leniency for a punishment, such as a pardon. Clemency or Clémency may also refer to: Places. Clemency, Luxembourg, a town
Clemency is a general concept of amelioration of penalties, especially by action of executive officials; the forms it may take include the following: Amnesty : A pardon applied to a group of people rather than an individual.
The Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews applications for clemency but serves only an advisory role; the president may disregard the findings or bypass the office altogether. [6] The president's pardon power extends to offenses committed in the District of Columbia. [United States v. Perkins (1885).]
Seneca's De Clementia is an instructional contrast between the good ruler and the tyrant, and an evaluation of the relationship between ruler and subject. A survey of history is made in the first volume to select different rulers to point out as examples, including Dionysius of Syracuse and Sulla being used as cautionary tales and young Augustus as the exemplar.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says a clemency decision for convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez is on hold until Los Angeles' newly-elected district attorney can review the case.
He also went to Washington, D.C. in the fall of 1862 to urge Lincoln to proceed with leniency. [86] On the other hand, General Pope and Minnesota Senator Morton S. Wilkinson warned Lincoln that the white population opposed leniency. Governor Ramsey warned Lincoln that, unless all 303 Dakota were executed, "[P]rivate revenge would on all this ...