Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Modern Britain.
The power of the monarch, exercised via the Home Secretary, to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment.
Royal Prerogative of Mercy appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Modern Britain and Case Studies: Conscientious Objectors and Derek Bentley.
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