22-3705. Reduction of penalty. The governor may, when he deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows:

(a) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life or for any term not less than ten years;

(b) If the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of such imprisonment;

(c) If the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof;

(d) If the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either or both.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3705; July 1.