Sentence examples for sought commutation from inspiring English sources

Dunlap's attorneys sought commutation of his sentence to life in prison without parole, saying the killer had been abused as a child and was mentally ill at the time of the slayings.

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.

A similar effort is now underway on the federal level, for federal prisoners seeking commutation of their sentences from President Obama.

WASHINGTON — In December 2007, the names of about 700 federal prisoners seeking commutations reached President Bush's desk.

The decision ended the judicial process for Mr. Ryan, and hours later his lawyer said he would probably seek a commutation from President Bush of what is left of his more-than-six-year federal prison sentence.

But Crump, who has become a model citizen in jail a novelist and a role model and counsellor for other prisoners' rehabilitation is represented by a local lawyer named Donald Moore, who is seeking the commutation of Crump's death sentence.

Many of those seeking sentence commutation will be marijuana offenders like Lanier, as states continue to rebrand the substance as medicine.

Re "Pardons on the Sly" (editorial, Jan . 25: I take issue with your suggestion that there was an attempt to bypass the Justice Department in seeking presidential commutations of the sentences imposed on Benjamin Berger, Jacob Elbaum, David Goldstein and Kalmen Stern, who were convicted of obtaining federal money intended for educational purposes and diverting it to other community uses.

What could be under discussion is seeking a partial commutation to a pecuniary sentence.

Jones is among about 2,300 offenders seeking pardons and commutations during the final months of President Bush's term in office.

In a letter sent to Roger Clinton today, investigators on the House Government Reform Committee asked whether he had been paid by anyone seeking a pardon or commutation from his half brother.