 | United States. Supreme Court - 1928 - 872 páginas
...the Constitutional scheme. When granted it Is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed. See Ex parte Grossman, 267 US 87, 120, 121. Just as the original punishment would be imposed without... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1939 - 884 páginas
...has said : "A par308 don in our days * * * is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed." To permit the prisoner to reject a pardon would deprive the President "of the power in the most important... | |
 | United States - 1945 - 712 páginas
...the Constitutional scheme. When granted it is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed. * * * Just SB the original punishment 'would be Imposed without regard to the prisoner's consent and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 734 páginas
...the Constitutional scheme. When granted it is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed. . . . (T)he public welfare, not his (the convict's) consent, determines what shall be done.11 In short,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 1996 páginas
...the Constitutional scheme. When granted it is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed. . . . (T)he public welfare, not his (the convict's) consent, determines what shall be dune.11 In short,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 928 páginas
...the Constitutional scheme. When granted it is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed.67 52. 161 US at 638. 53. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 928 páginas
...the Constitutional scheme. When granted it is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed.67 52. 161 US at 638. 53. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1975 - 290 páginas
...When a pardon is granted, it also represents "the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by inflicting less than what the judgment fixed." 3 However, the Constitution does not limit the pardon power to cases of convicted offenders or even... | |
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A pardon in our days is not a private act of grace from an individual happening to possess power. It is a part of the Constitutional scheme. When granted it Is the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by... 
