Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-27-104 — Remission of imprisonment
Tennessee § 40-27-104
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-27-104 (2026).
Text
The governor has the discretion to remit a portion of the imprisonment of a convict in the penitentiary upon the written recommendation of the board of parole.
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Related
Ricks v. State
882 S.W.2d 387 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1994)
Legislative History
Code 1858, § 5254; impl. am. Acts 1899, ch. 10, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 7; Shan., § 7229; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §42; Code 1932, § 11820; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 276, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 11820; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 93, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 576, § 17; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 636, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3504; Acts 1998, ch. 1049, § 22.
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Tennessee § 40-27-104, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-27-104.