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Originally Posted by Kursk
Well that's fair enough then  . The blokes doing the driving ought to be prosecuted though. |
Not if she issues a Royal prerogative of mercy (or Royal Pardon).
Recent examples of them being issued:
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In 2001 two inmates at HMP Prescoed, south Wales, received early release under the Royal prerogative of mercy when they saved the life of the manager of the prison farm when he was attacked and gored by a captive wild boar.
In 2013 a posthumous pardon was awarded to Alan Turing under the Royal prerogative of mercy. Wartime codebreaker Turing had been convicted of gross indecency in 1952. (Basically he was convicted of having homosexual acts, which were criminal offences in the United Kingdom, in 1952)
In the English and British tradition, the royal prerogative of mercy is one of the historic royal prerogatives of the British monarch, in which he or she can grant pardons (informally known as a royal pardon) to convicted persons. The royal prerogative of mercy was originally used to permit the monarch to withdraw, or provide alternatives to death sentences; the alternative of penal transportation to "partes abroade" has been used since at least 1617. It is now used to change any sentence or penalty. A royal pardon does not itself overturn a conviction.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_...ative_of_mercy