| 11. | Dissent on his confirmation centred on his support for some of Bill Clinton's controversial pardons and commutations of sentence.
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| 12. | The pardon and commutation of sentences were ordered by Estrada on Monday, his 62nd birthday, presidential spokesman Jerry Barican said.
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| 13. | Former Illinois Gov . George Ryan issued a blanket commutation of sentences for the nearly 170 inmates of Illinois'death row.
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| 14. | Executive clemency may take several forms, including pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fine or restitution, and reprieve.
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| 15. | One of the first decrees of the Republic of 1946 was amnesty for fascists and commutation of sentences for those already convicted.
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| 16. | The Board of Parole and Pardons voted 18-0 on Wednesday to deny Faulder's request for reprieve or commutation of sentence.
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| 17. | Clinton granted pardons or commutations of sentences for more than 140 people on Saturday, an hour and a half before he left office.
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| 18. | More than a third of the others were not executed because of a successful appeal, commutation of sentence or death other than execution.
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| 19. | So, on October 29, 1921, Warren Harding freed Lupo from the constraints of his parole by granting a conditional commutation of sentence.
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| 20. | As no requests for retrial nor commutation of sentence were pursued, his execution date was reached in only about three months from his arrest.
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