Sentence examples for a commutation for from inspiring English sources

His judge said in an interview that he "fully supported" a commutation for the 1996 conviction for methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute.

When Hillary tried to send the hounds chasing off after her husband, she was feeling the heat from revelations about her brother Hugh taking "a success fee" of $400,000 for helping secure a pardon for a Miami vitamin charlatan and a commutation for an L.A. drug kingpin.

According to a copy of the recommendation sent from the pardon attorney to the White House, U.S. Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker wrote that a commutation for Prior "would have a detrimental impact on law enforcement efforts in this community as (Prior) would essentially be rewarded despite his failure to provide full and truthful information about his criminal activity and his associates".

Kimmel also asked about West's wife, Kim Kardashian, visiting Trump at the White House earlier this year to help win a commutation for Alice Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother who had been serving a life sentence for a first-time nonviolent drug offense.

The request for a commutation from the governor was the last resort for Mr. Keith, who lost numerous appeals in state courts and whose case was not considered by the United States Supreme Court.

When the country's representatives are notified, it is often difficult for them to argue for a commutation of sentence.

On Tuesday afternoon, the seven-member board unanimously rejected a petition from Mr. Wood's lawyers for a commutation of his sentence.

His diplomatic representative in the US, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, sent a letter to the parole board on behalf of the pontiff asking for a commutation of Gissendaner's sentence "to one that would better express both justice and mercy".

Her husband, who is temporarily in an Oklahoma City transfer center, asked the Justice Department for a commutation of his 24-month sentence in November 2000, not long after he was convicted of making false statements on his tax return.

Even in cases when a Mexican has been advised of the right to consular notification, Mexico will push for a commutation of the convict's sentence to life in prison, said Jesus F. Reyes-Heroles, Mexico's ambassador in Washington.

Tens of thousands of federal inmates, most of them nonviolent drug offenders, have appealed to President Obama for a commutation of their sentences; so far, the president has granted 1,715 of those petitions more than any other president in history.