After Napoleon's first capture why did the coalition decide to exile him to Elba instead of executing? And why taking the same decision after capturing him after Waterloo?

by nasandre
Procrasticoatl

cool question, and I'm always happy to have a reason to think about Napoleon (despite the evils he inflicted during his rule)-- but in Googling this question myself, it looks like someone already covered it in /r/AskHistorians ! https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ra1oe/why_was_napoleon_exiled_and_not_executed/ (credit to /u/LordSariel )