Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

Clemency

What are the differences between commutaion,reprieve, pardon, and expungement?


Asked on 7/30/08, 12:22 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Shestokas Shestokas, & Associates

Re: Clemency

Commutation is for a sentence to be made shorter, for example someone is given 39 years and after 20 years the governor shortens the sentence to those 20 years and the person is released. Reprieve is usually for death sentence cases and is when the execution is delayed for some legal reason. Pardon is when a person convicted of a crime is forgiven by the governor and all legal and civil rights are restored. Expungement is when a criminal record is erased. For more about expungements please visit: http://www.shestokas.com/Expungements.html

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Answered on 7/30/08, 1:20 pm


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