Significats de commute the sentence en anglès

Another allowed convicts sentenced to death to commute the sentence by serving fourteen years.]

Zia had promised him to commute the sentence, but later said he was overruled by his colleagues.

Then began the systematic, earnest effort to induce the governor to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.

Hundreds of letters and telegrams urged the governor, Olin Johnston, to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.

He had somehow cherished the hope that the miscreant would be induced to commute the sentence to lengthy imprisonment.

At the same time, he held out very little hope that anything could be done to commute the sentence.

All along he had cherished the hope that the tyrant would be induced to commute the sentence to lengthy imprisonment.

Sometimes it was rumoured that the governor was going to commute the sentence to imprisonment for life; then the rumour was contradicted.

Washington, however, in view of his great crime and as a most necessary example in that crisis, firmly refused to commute the sentence.

The case is expected to go to a government-controlled High Judicial Council which will have the power to commute the sentence or even pardon them.

Continuing, the brigade-major read: "But in consideration of the prisoner's youth Her Majesty has been pleased to commute the sentence to penal servitude for life."

Burma's junta leader later commuted the sentence to 18 months' house arrest.

Mr Trump also commuted the sentences of two women on drug charges.

Last night it was reported that the Saudi king had commuted the sentence.

At the request of his followers, however, he commuted the sentence to shooting.

He was convicted, but Bush commuted the sentence before he served jail time.