Qué (quién) es Pardon - definición

FORGIVENESS OF A CRIME AND THE CANCELLATION OF THE RELEVANT PENALTY

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pardon

1) v. to use the executive power of a Governor or President to forgive a person convicted of a crime, thus removing any remaining penalties or punishments and preventing any new prosecution of the person for the crime for which the pardon was given. A pardon strikes the conviction from the books as if it had never occurred, and the convicted person is treated as innocent. Sometimes pardons are given to an older rehabilitated person long after the sentence has been served to clear his/her record. However, a pardon can also terminate a sentence and free a prisoner when the chief executive is convinced there is doubt about the guilt or fairness of the trial, the party is rehabilitated and has performed worthy public service, or there are humanitarian rea-sons such as terminal illness. The most famous American pardon was the blanket pardon given by President Gerald Ford to ex-President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation; that pardon closed the door to any future prosecu- tion against Nixon for any crime before the pardon. A pardon is distinguished from "a commutation of sentence" which cuts short the term; "a reprieve," which is a temporary halt to punishment, particularly the death penalty, pend- ing appeal or determination of whether the penalty should be reduced; "amnesty," which is a blanket "forgetting" of possible criminal charges due to a change in public circumstances (such as the end of a war or the draft system); or a "reduction in sentence," which shortens a sentence and can be granted by a judge or an executive. See also: amnesty commutation reprieve

pardon

¦ noun

1. the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence.

2. a remission of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction.

3. Christian Church, historical an indulgence.

¦ verb

1. forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence).

2. release (an offender) from the legal consequences of an offence or conviction.

¦ exclamation used to ask a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it.

Phrases

I beg your pardon (or pardon me) used to express polite apology or to indicate that one has not heard or understood something.

Derivatives

pardonable adjective

pardonably adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr. pardun (n.), pardoner (v.), from med. L. perdonare 'concede, remit', from per- 'completely' + donare 'give'.

pardon

I. v. a.

Remit, overlook, pass over, forgive, condone.

Forgive (especially for a grave offence), absolve, excuse, acquit, discharge, release, clear.

II. n.

Forgiveness (especially of a grave offence after conviction, and granted to a specified person), remission (of a penalty incurred), absolution, grace, mercy.

Wikipedia

Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction.

Pardons can be granted in many countries when individuals are deemed to have demonstrated that they have "paid their debt to society", or are otherwise considered to be deserving of them. In some jurisdictions of some nations, accepting a pardon may implicitly constitute an admission of guilt; the offer is refused in some cases. Cases of wrongful conviction are in recent times more often dealt with by appeal rather than by pardon; however, a pardon is sometimes offered when innocence is undisputed in order to avoid the costs that are associated with a retrial. Clemency plays a critical role when capital punishment exists in a jurisdiction.

Pardons are sometimes seen as a mechanism for combating corruption, allowing a particular authority to circumvent a flawed judicial process to free someone who is seen as wrongly convicted. Pardons can also be a source of controversy. In extreme cases, some pardons may be seen as acts of corruption by officials in the form of granting effective immunity as political favors.

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Ejemplos de uso de Pardon

1. None whatsoever." Deal did describe himself as a Bush supporter, pardon or no pardon.

2. Parks to pardon us, to pardon our city." For that, Bright received the ceremony‘s first standing ovation.

3. Spirko‘s attorneys had asked for a full pardon, a conditional pardon or a commutation to time served, all of which would have allowed Spirko to be released.

4. "There has to be some requisite material to grant pardon and improper pardon is subject to judicial review," the bench said.

5. State prosecutor Dennis Villa–Ignacio criticized Estrada‘s pardon, saying it amounted to a license to break the law. A grant of a pardon to Mr.