Dismounting the Pardon (with Special Reference to Corruption Offences)

Authors

  • Dulce M. Santana Vega Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.108.02

Keywords:

Pardon, principles of democratic State of law, proportionality of sentences, undue delay, corruption

Abstract

This article discusses, from a critical and abolitionist view, the pardon, highlighting, through ten main arguments, the negative effects of this institution for the penal systems, especially when it operates in crimes of corruption. Likewise, it outlines other alternative instruments that would make unnecessary the pardon in democratic states of law.