11. Dissent on his confirmation centred on his support for some of Bill Clinton's controversial pardons and commutations of sentence . 12. The pardon and commutation of sentences were ordered by Estrada on Monday, his 62nd birthday, presidential spokesman Jerry Barican said. 13. Former Illinois Gov . George Ryan issued a blanket commutation of sentences for the nearly 170 inmates of Illinois'death row. 14. Executive clemency may take several forms, including pardon, commutation of sentence , remission of fine or restitution, and reprieve. 15. One of the first decrees of the Republic of 1946 was amnesty for fascists and commutation of sentences for those already convicted. 16. The Board of Parole and Pardons voted 18-0 on Wednesday to deny Faulder's request for reprieve or commutation of sentence . 17. Clinton granted pardons or commutations of sentences for more than 140 people on Saturday, an hour and a half before he left office. 18. More than a third of the others were not executed because of a successful appeal, commutation of sentence or death other than execution. 19. So, on October 29, 1921, Warren Harding freed Lupo from the constraints of his parole by granting a conditional commutation of sentence . 20. As no requests for retrial nor commutation of sentence were pursued, his execution date was reached in only about three months from his arrest.
