clemency

n.

宽容，仁慈；（尤指气候等）温和；

复数：clemencies

1. He appealed to the judge for clemency.
   他乞求法官开恩。
2. They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.
   他们向州长提出了宽刑的申辩书。

Clemency as a Virtue
Executive Clemency in Capital Cases
Normalizing the Federal Clemency Power
Executive Clemency in the United States: Origins, Development, and Analysis (1900-1993)
Memorializing Miscarriages of Justice: Clemency Petitions in the Killing State
Mercy by the Numbers: An Empirical Analysis of Clemency and Its Structure
Identity, Strategy, and Feminist Politics: Clemency for Battered Women Who Kill
Staying Alive: Executive Clemency, Equal Protection, and the Politics of Gender in Women's Capital Cases
On Lawful Lawlessness: George Ryan, Executive Clemency, and the Rhetoric of Sparing Life
And Justice for Few: The Collapse of the Capital Clemency System in the United States