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072		7	_aJK _2thema
082	0	4	_a364.609747 _223
100	1		_aStrange, Carolyn, _d1959- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDiscretionary justice : _bpardon and parole in New York from the revolution to the Depression / _cCarolyn Strange.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations (black and white)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
500			_aPreviously issued in print: 2016.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aThe pardon is an act of mercy, tied to the divine right of kings. Why did New York retain this mode of discretionary justice after the Revolution? And how did the advent of the penitentiary and the introduction of parole transform governors' use of their prerogative? This text answers these questions by mining previously unexplored evidence held in official pardon registers, clemency case files, reports of prisoner aid associations, and parole hearing records.
521			_aSpecialized.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 31, 2017).
650		0	_aPardon _zNew York (State) _xHistory.
650		0	_aPardon _zNew York (State) _xHistory _vSources.
650		0	_aParole _zNew York (State) _xHistory.
650		0	_aParole _zNew York (State) _xHistory _vSources.
650		7	_aTrue Crime. _2ukslc
650		7	_aSocial services & welfare, criminology. _2thema
776	0	8	_iPrint version : _z9781479899920
856	4	0	_3NYU scholarship online _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479899920.001.0001
999			_c8115 _d8115