Abstract
The aim of this paper is to discuss the main aspects related to the way which pardon was treated in the Brazilian second State Council. I analyzed some 160 cases from the council’s records. I sow that most of the emperor’s decisions follow the opinion of the Council; the cases related mostly to military and slave criminality; the use of pardon is different from the suggestions from legal literature, but contributed to control focuses of instability in a turbulent period.
Keywords:
State Council; Pardon; Legality