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" Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed. The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity that, without an easy access to exceptions... "
The Attorney General's Survey of Release Procedures - Page 49
by United States. Department of Justice - 1939
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...redundancy in the plan ; as the right for which it provides would result of itself from the office. " ment." Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that...severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favour of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. As the sense...
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, by Mr ...

James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...reprieves and pardons u for offences against the United States, except in cases ft of .impeachment " Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that...severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favour of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. As the sense...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 2

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 782 pages
...to be entrusted to all governments, humanity and sound policy dictate, that this benign prerogative should be, as little as possible, fettered, or embarrassed....severity, that, without an easy access to exceptions in favour of unfortunate guilt, justice would assume an aspect too sanguinary and cruel. The only question...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 3

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...governments, humanity and sound policy dictate, that this benign prerogative should be, as little as possib^, fettered, or embarrassed. The criminal code of every...severity, that, without an easy access to exceptions in favour of unfortunate guilt, justice would assume an aspect too sanguinary and cruel. The only question...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...reprieves and pardons for of" fences against the United States, except in cases of impeach" ment." Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that...severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favour of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. As the sense...
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Might and Right

Frances Harriet Green - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1844 - 362 pages
...power should be vested in the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Hamilton gives the following excellent reasons. " Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that...criminal code of every country partakes so much of unnecessary severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice...
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Might and Right

Frances Harriet Green - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1844 - 340 pages
...possible, fettered or embarrassed. The criminal code of every country partakes so much of unnecessary severity, that without an easy access to exceptions...would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. As the sense of responsibility is always strongest in proportion as it is undivided, it may be inferred,...
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Commentaries on the constitution of the United States, Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...to be entrusted to all governments, humanity and sound policy dictate that this benign prerogative should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed....exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would assume an aspect too sanguinary and cruel. The only question is, in what department of the government...
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution

Constitutional law - 1857 - 504 pages
...reprieves and pardons for of" fences against the United States, except in cases of impeach" went." Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that...that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortigiate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. As the sense of responsibility...
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The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the ..., Volume 1

Henry Barton Dawson - Constitutional law - 1863 - 770 pages
...grant reprieves and " pardons for offences against the United States, except "in cases of impeachment." Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that...would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel. As the sense of responsibility is always strongest, in proportion as it is undivided, it may be inferred,...
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