Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-27-105 — Commutation of death penalty on application for pardon
Tennessee·Title 40
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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Workman v. State
22 S.W.3d 807 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2000)
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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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