In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

MURRAY — Prosecutors have until the end of the workday Wednesday to file their response to death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies's request for a commutation hearing. Menzies, 67, is scheduled to be ...

Ghislaine Maxwell, the co-conspirator of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from President Donald Trump, a ...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board (PPB) denied the commutation request of former pharmacist Jerome Ersland Monday afternoon. Ersland, now 72, sought an early release from his life sentence for the ...