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Justice, mercy, and caprice : clemency and the death penalty in Ireland /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Clarendon studies in criminology | Clarendon studies in criminologyPublisher: Oxford University Press, 2017Description: xv, 307 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198798477
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV8699 ODO
Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: The book is a work of criminal justice history that speaks to the emergence of a more humane Irish state - a close examination of the decision to grant clemency to those sentenced to death between 1923 and 1990, addressing important issues of law and penology that are of continuing relevance for countries that use capital punishment
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Book Book Law Library Open Shelf HV8699 ODO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 160241 Available BK148027

Includes bibliographical references and index

The book is a work of criminal justice history that speaks to the emergence of a more humane Irish state - a close examination of the decision to grant clemency to those sentenced to death between 1923 and 1990, addressing important issues of law and penology that are of continuing relevance for countries that use capital punishment

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