Sentence examples for his commutation from inspiring English sources

It was cracked and old and held his commutation book.

His "commutation will encourage other whistle-blowers to come forward without fear of prosecution.

(In fact, because of this backlog, Mills's lawyers opted to pursue his commutation outside the official clemency initiative).

Mr. Ryan said that the killing of Mr. Small gave him some sense of the pain that murder victims' families suffer and that his commutation of Mr. Edwards's sentence left his wife, Lura Lynn, "angry and disappointed".

Congress, for its part, may be talking a good game on criminal justice reforms, but there are still a large group of fire-breathing Republicans who are upset President Obama used his commutation power to "continue this Administration's plainly unconstitutional practice of picking and choosing which laws to enforce and which to change".

Woods learned of his commutation the day before Thanksgiving.

Obama suggested a similar ethos in his commutations on Monday, saying that for the 46 prisoners' drug offenses, "the punishments didn't fit the crimes".

Hours after Obama announced his commutations, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va).

By focusing his commutations on crack defendants, the President has signaled a remarkably principled and selfless course.

President Obama announced his drastic commutation on her 35-year sentence Tuesday.

Margaret Love, a Washington lawyer who handles clemency cases and has criticized the administration for its stingy use of its clemency powers, applauded the president for using his first commutation.