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Being a USian I am not an expert on UK law, but I don't think the Prime Minister has the power to pardon. The Queen would have to do it (though presumably at th
by tesseract 17y ago
Being a USian I am not an expert on UK law, but I don't think the Prime Minister has the power to pardon. The Queen would have to do it (though presumably at the advice of the government).
- J_McQuade 17y agoActually, the Secretary of State for Justice has the power to grant a royal pardon, and notably exercised it just the other day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_of_Michael_Shields#Release http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_of_Michael_Shields#R...
- pmjoyce 17y agoI think tesseract was right. Jack Straw's quote: "... I have recommended to Her Majesty the Queen that he should be granted a free pardon and she has graciously assented." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8245760.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8245760.stm