☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Commutation of Sentence

The reduction of a criminal sentence by executive clemency, decreasing the severity or duration of the punishment while leaving the conviction intact.

Etymology: Latin 'commutatio' (a changing, exchange) · Category: Criminal Sentencing · Source: U.S. Constitution, Art. II, § 2 (federal); various state constitutions
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