It will be interesting to see if the trend towards more petitions for commutation of a sentence increase and whether or not the granting of these petitions will continue to increase as well.Brandon Sample is an attorney, author, and criminal justice reform activist. The issue, they say, is that the family of the shooting victim was not told of the possibility of commutation. “There has to be a reason," he added.
Typically, a commutation lessens a prison sentence, but it can also reduce court-ordered fines. It brings the total of lifers he’s released to 19, the most since Gov. Bob Casey left office in 1994. But Tuesday, they were on the list of 111 federal inmates whose sentences President Obama commuted. The others who received clemency are Gervin L. Deaton, Eugene L. Grannison, Raymond R. Johnson, Antonio A. Mazzccua, David H. Moore, Oscar Pinto, and Mageline G. Stewart. Manning was incarcerated at a men’s military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun M. Copeland, in a statement Friday, decried what she described as “the current climate of the criminal justice system: convicted felons are being empowered and extended leniency at the direct expense of victims and their families.” In the Sheppard case, she said, state officials and the Board of Pardons did not notify the victim’s family — who are residents of Delaware County — that he was seeking to have his sentence commuted.
Commutation of a sentence means a reduction in punishment. It brings the total of lifers he’s released to 19, the most since Gov. Many Republicans wanted President Bush to pardon Libby. Pardoning Libby most likely would have caused significant outrage from Democrats, so President Bush commuted his sentence instead of pardoning the crime.In one of his final acts as Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger commuted the sentence of Esteban Nunez, a fifteen-year-old who pleaded guilty to stabbing to death Luis Santos in 2008. Lt. Gov.
For example, President Obama notably issued a great number of commutations at one time.
“I’m looking forward to reviewing his case and trying to understand why anybody thinks it’s in the interest of justice and the best use of public resources to hold this man accountable for a crime that happened 27 years ago,” he said. “The issue here is not about a shoplifting charge," Copeland said, “it is the complete failure of the criminal justice system to give victims and their families a voice.” Sheppard’s lawyer in the theft case had argued that Delaware County violated his right to a speedy trial by pursuing the decades-old charges. Many also stated their addiction to drugs that contributed to their criminal lifestyle. Corey's life sentence was dropped down to 30 years. All told, Obama has commuted 562 sentences during his presidency -- more than the past nine presidents combined, the White House said. Esteban Nunez was the son of Fabian Nunez, a powerful California Democrat and an ally to Governor Schwarzenegger. He said Sheppard’s detention “serves only to deprive [him] of his liberty in violation of the federal and state constitutional guarantees of due process, bail and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.” Incoming District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, who was elected in November after running a reform campaign, said Friday that he had limited information about the case. He called Copeland’s to prosecute the theft charge “simply wrong and misguided.” “This cruel philosophy on criminal justice creates more problems than it solves,” the governor said. Libby was questioned during the Valarie Plame affair. “It was his responsibility to come to court and let us know where he is,” McDevitt said. This clemency power can be used to make a statement about criminal justice reform and to show mercy. Life sentence commuted for inmate, artist Arkee Chaney ... Chaney, 76, was sentenced to life in the late 1980s after he and another man robbed a … Tom Wolf commuted the life sentence of David Sheppard, who served 25 years in prison for his role as a lookout in a 1992 robbery in which an accomplice shot and killed a man.
A petitioner must report any other crimes the petitioner has committed. "It can’t just be that we’re being vindictive.” Wolf noted that Sheppard, upon his release from state prison, would spend a year in a community corrections center and then be under court supervision for the rest of his life. In one of his last acts as president, President Obama commuted 330 federal inmates’ sentences for drug crimes. Both governors and president possess the power to commute a prison sentence. Rory Larry Lee United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida: 1990 Life imprisonment; 10 years' supervised release Prison sentence commuted to expire on November 10, 2015, leaving intact and in effect the 10-year term of supervised release with all its conditions and all other components of the sentence. Pennsylvania Clemency : A Pennsylvania pardon is a way for a person convicted of a crime to regain their civil rights. Kevin Keith Ohio Conviction 1995, Commuted to Life: 2010.