commuted
Meaning
of Commute
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Britton (ed.) 1978, p. 53 Nevertheless, Phillip believed in discipline; floggings and hangings were commonplace, although Philip commuted many death sentences.
After Alex's fellow cellmates blame him for beating a troublesome cellmate to death, he is chosen to undergo an experimental behaviour-modification treatment called the Ludovico Technique in exchange for having the remainder of his sentence commuted.
After Collazo served 29 years in a federal prison, President Jimmy Carter commuted his sentence to times served and he was released in 1979.
After spending close to four years in prison, the remainder of his sentence was commuted.
Another five convicts were given death sentences for their parts in the riots, with those of the youngest three being commuted to transportation (to Australia ) for life.
A Pakistani court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a British national convicted in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.