A detective and his son were also convicted, but the jury gave a "strong recommendation of mercy".

English and Cooper were ultimately declared guilty, with a recommendation of mercy.

Houston was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, on the jury's recommendation of mercy.

It was guilty of murder in the first degree for both defendants, and there was no recommendation of mercy.

After deliberating for an hour and forty minutes, the jury returned a verdict of "wilful murder" with a recommendation of mercy.

The jury retired and found Phoebe Veitch guilty of murder but with a recommendation of mercy.

Pomeroy was pronounced guilty on December 10, 1874, with the jury's recommendation of mercy on account of the prisoner's youth.

Hull was sentenced to be shot, though upon recommendation of mercy by the court, Hull received a reprieve from President James Madison.

Waddingham, however, was found guilty on the 27th of February, and, despite recommendation of mercy, due to her being a mother of several young children, she was hanged on the 16th of April 1936, having confessed to the crime shortly before her execution.

R. Peter Medak's eerie, meticulous film looks at the life of Derek Bentley (Chris Eccleston), a slow-witted teen-ager who despite a jury's recommendation of mercy was executed as an accessory to murder in Britain after World War II.