Kansas § 22-3705 Commutation of sentence, reduction of penalty; restrictions

Kansas Statutes

§ 22-3705 — Commutation of sentence, reduction of penalty; restrictions

Kansas·Ch. 22 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE·Art. 37 RELEASE PROCEDURES

(a)The governor may, when the governor deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows:

(1)If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole and not to any lesser sentence;

(2)except as provided in subsection (b), if the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of such imprisonment;

(3)if the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof; or

(4)if the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either or both.

(b)The governor shall not commute a sentence of life without possibility of parole.

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(a) The governor may, when the governor deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows:
(1) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole and not to any lesser sentence;
(2) except as provided in subsection (b), if the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of such imprisonment;
(3) if the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof; or
(4) if the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either or both.
(b) The governor shall not commute a sentence of life without possibility of parole.

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