1.   But a year later, Gen. Lucius Clay, the senior U.S. military official in Germany, commuted her term to four years.

2.   But U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter said he would assist the drug-dealer turned community services worker in his bid to have President Clinton commute the term.

3.   He was convicted three years later of having abused his office but a five-year prison term was commuted to house arrest because of his poor health.

4.   Under Israeli law, a life term may be commuted only by the president.

5.   Hundreds of convicted murderers had their terms commuted to life in prison.

6.   It said the pardoned prisoners and those whose terms were commuted were serving sentences following convictions before revolutionary and military courts.

7.   Tate faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of first-degree murder, although the term could be commuted by the governor.

8.   Drug trafficking is punishable by a death sentence in Thailand, although the term is usually commuted to life in prison.

9.   Under Chinese law, suspended death terms can be commuted to life imprisonment if the prisoner shows good behaviour.

10.   The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, can pardon those sentenced to death or commute their terms to imprisonment.