The term death penalty is sometimes used interchangeably with capital punishment, though imposition of the penalty is not always followed by execution (even when it is upheld on appeal), because of the possibility of commutation to life imprisonment.
In standard truth-functional propositional logic, commutation, or commutativity refer to two valid rules of replacement.
Mr. Blagojevich's former lawyer, Sam Adam Jr., said on Thursday that the possibility of a commutation was good news.
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.
But President Donald Trump has expressed sympathy for the political consultant in recent months, opening up the possibility that the president will either pardon or grant a commutation to his former campaign chairman.
This is due to the VSC-based HVDC has characteristics as independent control of active and reactive power, possibility to supply passive weak networks and black-start capability, no commutation failure, and reverse power transmission without reversing voltage polarity [1, 2, 3].
In addition to his expected appeal, his supporters are also likely to explore the possibility of obtaining a pardon, or some form of executive clemency like a commutation of any sentence, from President Bush, a fellow Republican, before he leaves office.
Gov. Jack Markell approved the first sentence commutation in Delaware's recent history on Tuesday, converting the death sentence of Robert Gattis to one of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Some strongly attacked the commutation.
