Article 5, § 14 — State Board of Pardons Commissioners; remission of fines and forfeitures; commutations and pardons; suspension of sentence; probation

1. The governor, justices of the supreme court, and attorney general shall constitute the State Board of Pardons Commissioners. 2. The State Board of Pardons Commissioners may, upon such conditions and with such limitations and restrictions as they may think proper, remit fines and forfeitures, commute punishments, except as provided in subsection 3, and grant pardons, after convictions, in all cases, except treason and impeachments, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. 3. Except as may be provided by law, a sentence of death or a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole may not be commuted to a sentence which would allow parole. 4. The State Board of Pardons Commissioners shall meet at least quarterly. 5. Any member of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners may submit matters for consideration by the State Board of Pardons Commissioners. 6. A majority of the members of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners is sufficient for any action taken by the State Board of Pardons Commissioners. 7. The Legislature is authorized to pass laws conferring upon the district courts authority to suspend the execution of sentences, fix the conditions for, and to grant probation, and within the minimum and maximum periods authorized by law, fix the sentence to be served by the person convicted of crime in said courts.