What could be under discussion is seeking a partial commutation to a pecuniary sentence.
Governor Ryan, who ordered the hearings as he considers a blanket commutation to life in prison for all of the condemned, will sit in.
Congressman Ryan supported Patricia Hearst, and along with Senator S. I. Hayakawa, delivered Hearst's application for a presidential commutation to the Pardon Attorney.
Thus, options in the Garza case include a pardon, which would erase the criminal record, commutation to a life sentence or a temporary reprieve, allowing Mr. Garza to follow the new clemency procedures.
Mr. Gong's niece, Li Ying, 36, another reported leader of the church, was also sentenced to death but with a two-year reprieve, which normally results in commutation to a life sentence if the person is cooperative in prison.
In Mr. Garza's case, the president's options include a pardon, which would erase the criminal record, or commutation to a life sentence.
Sentenced to death on May 6 , 1947 Kesselring later won commutation to life imprisonment.
The rioters were overwhelmingly working-class men, primarily ethnic Irish, resenting particularly that wealthier men, who could afford to pay a $300 commutation fee to hire a substitute, were spared from the draft.
(A commutation allows a convict to leave prison at a designated date; a pardon can also involve an end to a prison sentence but bestows a broader restoration of rights, like the right to vote or own a firearm).
