Sentence examples for with a commutation from inspiring English sources

In 1986, the departing Democratic governor of New Mexico, Toney Anaya, enraged critics, including his Republican successor, with a commutation of the death sentences of all five men on the state's death row.

Several advocates and petitioners are uncertain whether the next president will be as willing as Obama to use sweeping executive power to erase convictions with a pardon, and shorten sentences with a commutation.

The ladies were instead given an audience with the ever-emotional Mary Lincoln; deeply moved, Mary tried to discuss a commutation with her husband.

This paper deals with a new commutation approach to achieve the sensorless drive of permanent magnet BLDC motor over the conventional six switch commutation circuitry.

The measurement was accomplished with direct current (dc) and a homogeneous dc magnetic field, with a polarity commutation of both quantities.

The phase-advance control strategy is successfully implemented and a significant improvement is observed as compared with a simple commutation scheme.

In the case of Gilbert L. Dozier, a former Louisiana agriculture commissioner accused of fund-raising abuses, a former Reagan aide, Lyn Nofziger, met with Associate Attorney General D. Lowell Jensen to press for a commutation.

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

A commutation lessens the severity of the punishment.

A commutation leaves the conviction and ends the punishment.

They still can't request a commutation of their sentences, or own a firearm.