A sedimentary rock formed on land has a continental sedimentary environment. Examples of continental environments are lagoons, lakes, swamps, floodplains and alluvial fans. In the quiet water of swamps, lakes and lagoons, fine sediment is deposited, mingled with organic material from dead plants and animals.
Related to executive clemency: amnesty. n. the power of a President in federal criminal cases, and the Governor in state convictions, to pardon a person convicted of a crime, commute the sentence (shorten it, often to time already served), or reduce it from death to another lesser sentence.
Law and ethics. In a judicial context mercy is often termed clemency. It is a sovereign prerogative that resides in the executive and is entirely discretionary. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit explained that The very nature of clemency is that it is grounded solely in the will of the dispenser of clemency.