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- noun Plural form of
commutation .
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Examples
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SCA is talking to many of its other counterparties on so-called commutations of its contracts, and other bond insurers are holding similar discussions.
Ambac Terminates 2008
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I have always thought that presidents and governors -- when I was a governor -- should be quite conservative on commutations, that is, there needs to be a very specific reason if you reduce someone's sentence or let them out, but more broad-minded about pardons because in so many states in America, pardons are necessary to restore people's rights of citizenship.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: President Clinton Holds News Briefing - December 27, 2000 2000
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But the commutations were a political disaster for Mofford, mostly because of Kummerlowe, who had chopped his victim into pieces and whose parole was not supported by his victim's family.
azcentral.com | news 2010
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Schwarzenegger issued some pardons and sentence commutations.
William Bradley: The Jerry Brown Era Unfolds (Again) William Bradley 2011
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Since 1995, Ohio has required its governor to seek board approval for sentence commutations, a reaction to a former governor's unpopular clemency decisions for inmates on death row.
Mississippi Pardons Draw Fire From All Sides Timothy W. Martin 2012
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There were no reprieves, no commutations of sentences.
Good-bye, Jack 2010
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Our legal system provides for such pardons and commutations for a reason, and I accept Huckabee's explanation for doing what he did, to avoid what sure looked like a miscarriage of justice.
HuckPAC coordinator steps down, citing clemency decision 2009
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Schwarzenegger issued some pardons and sentence commutations.
William Bradley: The Jerry Brown Era Unfolds (Again) William Bradley 2011
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I hope this type of sentiment doesn't start becoming the norm because there are people out there who have been granted pardons/clemency/commutations and have gone on to live good, crime-free lives.
HuckPAC coordinator steps down, citing clemency decision 2009
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Pennsylvania also stiffened its board-approval requirements for commutations around the same time.
Mississippi Pardons Draw Fire From All Sides Timothy W. Martin 2012
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