The Pardoning Power of President vs. Governor
Types of Pardoning Power of President
- Pardon: It removes both the sentence and the conviction and completely absolves the convict from all sentences, punishments and disqualifications.
- Commutation: It denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form.
- Remission: It implies reducing the period of sentence without changing its character.
- Respite: It denotes awarding a lesser sentence in place of one originally awarded due to some special fact, such as the physical and disability of a convict or the pregnancy of a woman offender.
- Reprieve: It implies a stay of the execution of a sentence (especially that ....
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