In the United States, reduction of a sentence is handled by an executive head of government and is normally linked to prisoners' good behavior. The President of the United States solely holds the power to commute federal sentences while commutations of state charges are handled by the governor's office.

References

See also

• List of revoked death sentences
• Pardon
• Lewis Libby clemency controversy

External links

• US Department of Justice pardon and commutation statistics by presidential administration (1945-2001)
• US Department of Justice instructions for submitting a commutation of sentence
• New York Times - Bush Commutes Libby Prison Sentence
• New York Times - President Clinton's 2001 defense of his pardons and commutations before he left office.