| At the place of public execution the death sentences were, at the last possible moment, commuted to exile. |
| Suspended death sentences in China often are commuted to life in prison if the convicts are deemed reformed. |
| Smith, who is to be hanged, will probably leave death row after his sentence is commuted to life imprisonment. |
| But during WW I, 3,082 officers and men were condemned to death, although the majority of these sentences were commuted to terms of imprisonment. |
| Brought to trial, he was condemned to death, immediately commuted to solitary confinement for life by De Gaulle. |
| A large number of men and women sentenced to the drop had their sentences commuted by the Home Secretary. |
