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2018 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 27 - Executive Clemency
§ 40-27-106. Commutation on certificate of supreme court.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-27-106 (2018)
The governor may, likewise, commute the punishment from death to imprisonment for life, upon the certificate of the supreme court, entered on the minutes of the court, that in its opinion, there were extenuating circumstances attending the case, and that the punishment ought to be commuted.
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