Mr. Smith died in 1976, just after the governor commuted his sentence.

The Governor commuted their sentences in the spring, but her action went largely unnoticed until the news reports.

Then the governor wouldn't have commuted Dad's sentence, and he'd still be alive.

Since 1995, even as the number of lifers has more than doubled, three governors combined have commuted a single life sentence.

After Frank's legal appeals had failed, the governor of Georgia in 1915 commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.

Georgia's governor then commuted his sentence, but a mob dragged him from jail and lynched him.

Before the state purchased the property for $38,928 in 1943, governors commuted to the capitol from their homes or rented living quarters in Hartford.

The Governor commuted Mr. Giarratano's death sentence to life in prison.

When the Governor commuted Mr. Dotson's sentence in 1985, he ordered him to remain on parole for three years.

In 1985, after Mrs. Webb recanted her testimony, the Governor commuted the sentence to time already served.