The judge's commutation reduced the prisoner's sentence to five years. From LearnThat.org.
Thus, the commutation is a part of a cowardly coverup. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush/Cheney Holocaust in Iraq, Part Three: Desperation unto Bombing Iran?] Reference
Yesterday's term was commutation, which is defined as. From Wordnik.com. [Define That Term #31] Reference
"But boy, were we ever wrong about that," he said, calling the commutation a political favor. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Like a pardon, a commutation is a form of clemency, granted to the president by the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the commutation a "betrayal of trust of the American people.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2007] Reference
When you understand all of the facts behind Gaile's case, the commutation was the only reasonable choice. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories | nashvillecitypaper.com] Reference
Recently, the president did not pardon him but granted him with a commutation, which is definitely to his advantage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2007] Reference
It's whether or not the circumstances of the case warrants some clemency, in this case, a commutation, which is rarely granted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2001] Reference
Why should the poor holder of a season-ticket have the grim word "commutation" hung round his neck?. From Wordnik.com. [American Sketches 1908] Reference
You know the difference between a pardon and a 'commutation'? ". From Wordnik.com. [Will]
Perhaps they may abolish commutation rates altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Monopolies and the People] Reference
And they were the first to draw up a petition for commutation. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Part in a Revolution] Reference
If, however, commutation tickets are purchased, the increase is 44\%. From Wordnik.com. [The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners Fall River, Massachusetts, October, 1919, Research Report Number 22, November, 1919] Reference
There can be no commutation -- Nothing will be accepted as a substitute. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
The salutary effect of the commutation of this man's sentence is quite obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
They were expensive articles, and occasionally money was given as a commutation. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
The other prisoner for the same offences received the same sentence and commutation. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
In 1801 the nawab of Oudh ceded it to the Company in commutation of the subsidy money. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Each of these belongs to the matter of justice, because each is a kind of commutation. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Now these injuries are sinful in so far as they consist in an involuntary commutation. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
And the entire abolition of long-established commutation rates has happened more than once. From Wordnik.com. [Monopolies and the People] Reference
At that point, a commutation order from the general himself was read aloud in the courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [Judicial Terror] Reference
Among rejected applicants for commutation were Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, two former U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Pardon Me? Don’t Bet On It.] Reference
The single fare is ten cents, but a commutation ticket plan was put into operation in September. From Wordnik.com. [The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners Fall River, Massachusetts, October, 1919, Research Report Number 22, November, 1919] Reference
There can therefore be no pardon, no commutation of sentence, no such thing as divine pity or help. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference
The commutation of Burke's sentence necessitated the like course in all the other capital cases, and. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
We are told that: 'Justice is about certain external operations, namely, distribution and commutation. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching] Reference
Zalnitch had been sent to prison, but his friends had worked constantly for commutation of his sentence. From Wordnik.com. [32 Caliber] Reference
commutations are but a result of private property; in a state of communism there could be no commutation. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching] Reference
Therefore the commutation or dispensation of a vow is possible without the authority of a superior prelate. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
If he made commutation proof in fourteen months, the minimum residence required, he must then make payment in full. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
He made no effort to get a commutation of his sentence, saying, It was all right; he had deserved that and much more. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
Where land had been given in commutation of tithes, the proportion of one seventh had grown into an established custom. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
He pardoned reformed radical Patty Hearst, and gave a commutation to jailed former Navajo Nation leader Peter MacDonald. From Wordnik.com. [Thinkin' About Tomorrow] Reference
Objection 1: It would seem that the authority of a prelate is not required for the commutation or dispensation of a vow. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
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