In the English and British tradition, the royal prerogative of mercy is one of the historic royal prerogatives of the British monarch, by which they can grant pardons (informally known as a royal pardon) to convicted persons.

2015年11月6日 · The Royal Prerogative of Justice was abolished in the 17th Century. A pardon is thus a common law extra-judicial power which is exercised by the Crown under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy.

2013年12月24日 · Renowned scientist and World War II code-breaker Dr Alan Turing has been given a posthumous pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy by the Queen today following a request from Justice ...

2013年12月24日 · Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing is given a posthumous royal pardon for his 1952 conviction for homosexuality.

The exercise of the Royal prerogative of mercy can generally take one of four forms a free pardon commutation or a conditional pardon substituting one form of punishment for another remission, reducing the amount of a sentence without changing its …

2013年12月31日 · Queen Elizabeth II granted a rare "mercy pardon" Monday to Alan Turing, the computing and mathematics pioneer whose chemical castration for being gay drove him to suicide almost 60 years ago.

2013年12月24日 · Alan Turing, a British code-breaker during World War II who was later subjected to chemical castration for homosexual activity, has received a royal pardon.

In Australia, the pardon power is referred to as the royal prerogative of mercy, [8] an executive power that is vested in the King and may be exercised by the governor-general. [9] The prerogative of mercy is a broad discretionary power that may be exercised by a state governor who is acting on the advice of the state executive council and the state attorney general. [10] …

2014年6月25日 · The use of royal pardons has attracted attention over recent months, especially in Northern Ireland where questions have been raised over apparently secret letters of assurance given to so-called “on the runs”. While Ministers have faced calls for greater transparency over the royal prerogative of mercy, a High Court judgement in Belfast last week shed light on 16 …

The king’s pardon was an important legal document in fourteenth-century England, yet its influence was felt far beyond the confines of the judicial system; it played a part in the major political crises of the period, and carried with it a symbolism that resonated throughout medieval culture. The power to grant mercy was inherited by the monarchs of later medieval England as …