One commutation request Huckabee rejected as governor was that of convicted rapist Wayne DuMond.

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But Sami al-Askari, a prominent Shiite member of parliament, said any commutation would set a dangerous precedent.

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He will help them to see what can be done through a commutation.

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So, my question is, what are we talking about when we say commutation?

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Huckabee received more commutation and pardon requests than Romney did and rejected 78 percent of them, according to The Washington Post.

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He'll help them to see what can be done through a commutation.

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Activists say Taiwan breaks international treaty obligations because it provides no procedures for death-row inmates to seek a pardon or commutation of their sentence.

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Moving on to small private pensions, you may be able to take relatively small pension savings wholly in cash under an arrangement known as "trivial commutation".

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Prisons are full of non-violent, first time offenders that are worthy of at least a commutation of a few years based on draconian sentencing guidelines that gave them decades in prison.

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Pardons and Paroles voted to recommend a commutation.

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I. survivors can be sent to testify, if direct reversal of the commutation of their sentences cannot be obtained, so that these two barbaric murderers can receive the full justice they merit by American standards.

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