mercy killing : euthanasia
patients' rights A general statement adopted by most healthcare providers, covering such matters as access to care, patient dignity, confidentiality and consent to treatment.
Act of grace or mercy by the president or governor to ease the consequences of a criminal act, accusation, or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.
Closing Argument ...
" Archbishop or bishop: " Will you to the utmost of your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all your judgements ? " King: " I will.
Justice tempered by mercy should be our goal ... justice founded on written law, not the cruel man-hating whims of some who take it upon themselves to know what’s best for all of us. Justice keeps them at bay. Mercy holds the scale.
"The Mercy Seat" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (also performed by Johnny Cash) describes a man being executed via the electric chair who maintains his innocence until he is about to die, when he admits to his guilt.
Sterling Harwood, "Is Mercy Inherently Unjust?" in Michael Gorr and Sterling Harwood, eds., Crime and Punishment: Philosphic Explorations (Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 1995).
Jeffrie Murphy et al.
But when the defendant is acquitted, the humane influence of the law, in cases of felony, mingling justice with mercy, in favorem vitae et libertatis, does not permit a new trial.
in criminal law, conditions or happenings which do not excuse or justify criminal conduct, but are considered out of mercy or fairness in deciding the degree of the offense the prosecutor charges or influencing reduction of the penalty upon ...
Clemency Or Executive Clemency: Act of grace or mercy by the president or governor to ease the consequences of a criminal act, accusation, or conviction. (Sometimes known as commutation or pardon.) ...
Schacht writes that hudud is reserved for crimes against Allah for which there can be no mercy or judicial discretion.
Further, Al-Awwa adds 'unlawful rebellion' to the list of hudud crimes.
Schacht sets out the specifics of huhud: ...
Definition - Noun
1 : willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence)
2 : an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness
see also amnesty commute pardon reprieve
Pronunciation'kle-m&n-sE ...
Mentally Retarded
Merchandise, Merchant
Merchantability, Implied Warranty of
Merchants' Accounts
Mercy ...
Mitigating Circumstances: Circumstances that may be considered to reduce the guilt of a defendant. Usually based on fairness or mercy.
 See also: Court, Law, State, Cases, Question
  
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