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Mercy and Justice in Criminal Law
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Jesper Ryberg
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March 19, 2010
Abstract
The relation between mercy og retributive justice has been subject of much discussion over the last couples of decades. According to a traditional view on the matter mercy is exercised in cases where it is benevolently decided to impose less than the deserved punishment on a perpetrator. The purpose of this aricle is to challenge this idea of tempering justice with mercy. It is argued that proponents of the view will either have to modify the idea of mercy significantly or accept a set of implications which retributivists have standardly regarded as highly unacceptable.
Published Online: 2010-03-19
Published in Print: 2005-May
© Philosophia Press 2005
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