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Legal Terms – commutation
1. The modification of a prison sentence so as to make the punishment to which a person has been condemned less severe. 2. An ad hoc executive clemency initiative in which the Home Secretary, acting in the name of the monarch, reduces the length of a sentence for any cause at any time and without following any guidelines.
1. The modification of a prison sentence so as to make the punishment to which a person has been condemned less severe. 2. An ad hoc executive clemency initiative in which the Home Secretary, acting in the name of the monarch, reduces the length of a sentence for any cause at any time and without following any guidelines.
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