Commutation in United States
Commutation Definition
The change of a punishment to which a person has been condemned into a less severe one. This can be granted only by the executive authority in which the pardoning power resides. Not a conditional pardon, but “the substitution of one punishment known to the law for another and different punishment, also known to the law.” 1 Nev. 321. The substitution of a punishment of a lower degree for one of a higher degree. 257 111. 566.
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The change of a punishment to which a person has been condemned into a less severe one. This can be granted only by the executive authority in which the pardoning power resides. Not a conditional pardon, but “the substitution of one punishment known to the law for another and different punishment, also known to the law.” 1 Nev. 321. The substitution of a punishment of a lower degree for one of a higher degree. 257 111. 566.
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26 pardons, 11 commutations of sentences, Virgin Islands Daily News; January 3, 2007; TIM FIELDS IAN MORRISON
REP. CAMPBELL APPLAUDS SENTENCE COMMUTATION OF BORDER AGENTS, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; January 19, 2009
STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR JACK MARKELL REGARDING THE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF ROBERT GATTIS. States News Service; January 17, 2012
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR TONY M. EALY, NO. 243454, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 13, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF EDWARD ALLEN, NO. 147678, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; August 14, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR DAVID ARTHUR HUGHES, NO. 123617, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 31, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF DAVID A. SAMEL, NO. 170197, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; May 19, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF JOSE LUIS MEDINA, NO. 584104, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 23, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF RICHARD PALOMBO, NO. 120368, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; August 7, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR ANTAWN WILLIS, NO. 205084, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 13, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR BARBARA HERNANDEZ, #218771. States News Service; February 25, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF CHESTER LEE PATTERSON, NO. 130169, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; February 26, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF JERRY W. THOMPSON, #119545, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; June 25, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF RICHARD PHILLIPS, NO. 113406, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 3, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF JOHN COSGRIFF, NO. 202081, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 1, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR BARBARA HERNANDEZ, NO. 218771, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; February 26, 2010
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR RONALD WAYNE RUSSELL, NO. 477845, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 31, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR SCOTT MICHAEL BARBER, NO. 255809, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 30, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE FOR RICHARD PALOMBO, NO. 120368, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; December 1, 2009
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF WILLIE J. CAUSEY, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; August 25, 2010
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