which are equal-time commutation relations, i.e., the commutators always refer to fields at the same time.
Part of the problem is that commutation often makes the criminal eligible for parole; if her sentence had been commuted, Ms Tucker could have been out on parole in 2003, an unpalatable thought to many Texans.
Though US officials have denied that a pardon or commutation of sentence for the convicted rebel has even been discussed, Jaramillo told the BBC this month that Trinidad would have to be part of any agreement with the Farc.
Suicide Squad, about a team of supervillains recruited to take on near-impossible black-ops missions in return for the commutation of their sentences, is on Warner's newly announced slate of 10 movies set in the DC Comics universe.
But the commutation of Mr Robinson's sentence had nothing to do with his grisly crime, and everything to do with a long and shameful legacy of racial bias among prosecutors in North Carolina.
They still can't request a commutation of their sentences, or own a firearm.
Last year, none of the 16 death-row inmates seeking commutation of their sentences could muster even a single vote for clemency from the parole board.
But a local court issued a further stay, ironically to decide if the years of delay, largely in solitary confinement, were a cause for commutation.
THIS week in the paper I'm writing about the commutation of Marcus Robinson's sentence from death to life without the possibility of parole.
He was the first governor in modern Massachusetts to deny every request for pardon or commutation.
The board last year chose not to recommend another commutation, saying Mr Amirault should instead apply for parole, which does not require a governor's approval.
