Sentence examples for commutation for this from inspiring English sources

"For all practical purposes," Mr. Marlan said, "the commutation for this prisoner is done".

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

Biggert spokesman Zachary Cikanek said his boss has "no intention of adding her name to those requesting a pardon or commutation for the former governor".

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".

She also wants to involve herself in the planned Mercy Project to gain commutation for some of those serving long sentences.

A1 Senator Clinton sought to distance herself from the role her husband and her brother Hugh Rodham played in a presidential pardon and prison commutation for two wealthy felons.

Mr. Perry has told prosecutors that when lawmakers decided on a new sentencing bill, he would consider recommending commutation for inmates like Mr. Forcey who were sentenced under the old law.

Mr. Rodham was paid $434,000 in fees for his assistance in obtaining the commutation for Mr. Vignali and a pardon for Almon Glenn Braswell, who had been convicted of mail fraud and perjury.

Mr. Jackson, the minister, made a successful appeal for a sentence commutation for Mel Reynolds, the former Chicago Democratic congressman serving a seven-year prison sentence for corruption and for having sex with an underage campaign worker.

One of the witnesses at the hearing, Bruce R. Lindsey, a close Clinton associate who was deputy White House counsel, said he had been contacted twice by Hugh Rodham about a prison commutation for Carlos Vignali, a convicted cocaine trafficker from California.

Indulgences were the commutation for money of part of the temporal penalty due for sin i.e., the practical satisfaction that was a part of the sacrament of penance.