The Attorney General's Survey of Release Procedures: Digest of federal and state laws on release procedures1. Digest of federal and state laws on release pocedures.--2. Probation.--3. Pardon.--4. Parole.--5. Prisons. |
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20 A condition requiring deportation is legal and for failure to comply therewith the pardon may be revoked.21 Commutation . A commutation is the substitution of a lesser for a greater punishment ; it is " merely a withdrawal of a ...
20 A condition requiring deportation is legal and for failure to comply therewith the pardon may be revoked.21 Commutation . A commutation is the substitution of a lesser for a greater punishment ; it is " merely a withdrawal of a ...
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Frequently the conditional commutation states that the release is upon conditions " similar to parole . " 34 But since both conditional pardons and commutations are a part of the Executive prerogative , presumably the power of ...
Frequently the conditional commutation states that the release is upon conditions " similar to parole . " 34 But since both conditional pardons and commutations are a part of the Executive prerogative , presumably the power of ...
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may be prescribed by law ; and , after conviction , to grant reprieves , paroles , commutations of sentence and pardons ... whom shall be laid all recommendations and petitions for pardon , commutation or parole in cases of felony .
may be prescribed by law ; and , after conviction , to grant reprieves , paroles , commutations of sentence and pardons ... whom shall be laid all recommendations and petitions for pardon , commutation or parole in cases of felony .
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21 Commutation . Under the constitution , the Governor has the broad power to grant " commutations of sentence . ” 21a It is provided by statute that he may commute a death sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary , or to hard labor ...
21 Commutation . Under the constitution , the Governor has the broad power to grant " commutations of sentence . ” 21a It is provided by statute that he may commute a death sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary , or to hard labor ...
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The law provides that the Governor must report at the beginning of each session of the legislature every case of reprieve , commutation , or pardon , stating the name of the convict , the crime of which he was convicted , the sentence ...
The law provides that the Governor must report at the beginning of each session of the legislature every case of reprieve , commutation , or pardon , stating the name of the convict , the crime of which he was convicted , the sentence ...
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