22-3705. Reduction of penalty.
22-3705
22-3705. Reduction of penalty.The governor may, when he deems it proper or advisable, commute asentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows:
(a) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life or for any termnot less than ten years;
(b) If the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of suchimprisonment;
(c) If the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof;
(d) If the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either orboth.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3705; July 1.