1.   He insisted their sentence should be commuted to life imprisonment.

2.   Since then it has been the practice to commute the sentence on Western expatriates to imprisonment followed by deportation.

3.   His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.

4.   His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

5.   Prison sentences have been commuted.

6.   Kiranjit Ahluwalia, jailed for murdering her husband after suffering ten years of violence, has had her sentence commuted to manslaughter and has been freed from prison.

7.   Nelson Mandela faces a serious dilemma, after appeals it will be his government that must decide whether or not to commute sentence.

8.   Also on Monday, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles refused to commute his sentence to life in prison.

9.   Another eight officers pleaded guilty to those lesser charges in return for having their sentences commuted to community service.