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. |
When they were condemned to gather firewood from hills, their punishment could be commuted to a payment of 300 coins per month. |
At the place of public execution the death sentences were, at the last possible moment, commuted to exile. |
A large number of men and women sentenced to the drop had their sentences commuted by the Home Secretary. |
Although death sentences are handed down in Myanmar, they often are commuted on appeal, by presidential pardon or in occasional amnesties. |
Earlier this year, the outgoing governor of Illinois commuted the sentences of all 167 inmates on the state's death row. |