How to Use commutation in a Sentence

commutation

noun

• He appealed for a commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.
• For the rest of us, the case against commutation to a life sentence seems clear.
  — Keri Blakinger, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2018
• This is the fourth time Smart has sought a commutation.
  — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
• Jones cleared the first hurdle in the state’s commutation process in March.
  — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
• Cox was the first commutation the board had granted in two years.
  — Kelan Lyons, courant.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• The charges were dropped in 2018, but are now said to have stalled his prospect of a pardon or commutation.
  — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2021
• With the commutation, Stone's 40-month sentence was wiped away days before he was set to go to prison.
  — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2020
• Click here for the full list of Tuesday’s pardons and commutations.
  — Fox News, 19 Feb. 2020
• Of course, this could be all for naught, and Trump could grant Stone clemency with a pardon and commutation of his sentence.
  — Siraj Hashmi, Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2020
• Burrell had asked the board for a pardon and commutation to time already served.
  — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
• Here's a handy guide to the seven people Trump has pardoned or given a commutation to so far, and who could be up next.
  — NBC News, 17 June 2018
• This commutation is far more reflective of the crime than 110 years.
  — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2021
• At the time of the commutation, the law said Neelley would be eligible for parole in 15 years.
  — Mike Cason, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• The Crewe d’Observe always looks forward to their annual commutation with the Sisters of the Moon.
  — al, 5 Feb. 2023
• Failure to do so would void the reprieve or commutation.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 25 Aug. 2022
• Over her three decades behind bars, Smart has applied three times for a commutation.
  — Miles Cohen, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• Her commutation is the sixth act of clemency Trump has issued since taking office, and others may be on the way.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 7 June 2018
• Jones claimed in his commutation filing that the gun and bandana were planted there by the actual killer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• But when Brown announced who was getting pardons and commutations last spring, Burnett wasn’t on the list.
  — Juliet Linderman, The Seattle Times, 27 Nov. 2018
• At the time, Foster became the only Texas inmate to win a commutation from Perry without the prodding of a court.
  — Fox News, 31 July 2018
• Bauer said that there are other predictors of response, such as looking at whether there’s a commutation in the TP53 gene.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 7 June 2024
• The commutation was one of three granted by Polis on Thursday.
  — Fox News, 31 Dec. 2021
• Under a commutation, a person can be freed from prison, but the conviction sticks.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2021
• The commutation is the latest of such actions the president has taken in recent weeks.
  — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 6 June 2018
• As governor, DeWine has the power to reduce their sentences, but the commutation process takes months.
  — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2020
• The news of Jones’ commutation spurred an explosion of emotion.
  — Josh Dulaney, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2021
• In Texas, the governor granted a rare death row commutation for Thomas Bartlett Whitaker.
  — Matthew Haag, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2018
• Jones said in his commutation filing that the gun and bandanna were planted there by the actual killer.
  — NBC News, 2 Nov. 2021
• The measure would have granted lawmakers more oversight over the Board of Pardons and Paroles and set parameters around when victims of crime are notified about people seeking commutations.
  — Jaden Edison, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2024
• Executive clemency can be a pardon, which voids a person’s federal criminal conviction, or commutation, which terminates any prison or jail sentence.
  — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024