Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-27-105 — Commutation of death penalty on application for pardon
Tennessee § 40-27-105
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-27-105 (2026).
Text
Upon application for a pardon by a person sentenced to capital punishment, if the governor is of opinion that the facts and circumstances adduced are not sufficient to warrant a total pardon, the governor may commute the punishment of death to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary.
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Related
Workman v. State
22 S.W.3d 807 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2000)
State of Tennessee v. James Leon Parker
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2024)
Legislative History
Code 1858, §§ 180, 5258 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 55); Shan., §§ 232, 7233; Code 1932, §§ 174, 11839; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3505.
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Tennessee § 40-27-105, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-27-105.