Colorado Statutes
§ 16-17-101 — Governor may commute sentence
Colorado § 16-17-101
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Bluebook
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-17-101 (2026).
Text
The governor is hereby fully
authorized, when he deems it proper and advisable and consistent with the public
interests and the rights and interests of the condemned, to commute the sentence
in any case by reducing the penalty in a capital case to imprisonment for life or for a
term of not less than twenty years at hard labor.
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Legislative History
Source: L. 1872: p. 123, � 1. G.L. � 875. G.S. � 999. R.S. 08: � 2043. C.L. � 809. CSA: C. 131, � 117. CRS 53: � 105-6-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 105-6-1. L. 77: Entire section
amended, p. 891, � 1, effective July 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 16-1-101
Short title§ 16-1-102
Scope§ 16-1-103
Purpose§ 16-1-104
Definitions§ 16-1-105
Interpretation of words and phrases§ 16-1-108
Admission of records in court§ 16-10-101
Jury trials - statement of policy§ 16-10-102
When jury panel exhausted§ 16-10-103
Challenge of jurors for cause§ 16-10-104
Peremptory challenges§ 16-10-105
Alternate jurors§ 16-10-106
Incapacity of juror§ 16-10-107
Challenge to entire jury panel§ 16-10-108
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