None of the other three received a commuted sentence.

Both men pleaded for mercy; Culpeper, presumably because of his former closeness to the King, received a commuted sentence of simple beheading.

"Yes, I was imprisoned under a commuted sentence of death."

Black's name was not included in the list of commuted sentences.

Originally sentenced to death, he later received a commuted sentence of hard labour for life.

But when news of her commuted sentence came, she was more than ready, she said.

He was released on a commuted sentence in 1934 and allowed to work in Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan, as an economic planner.

She did not even get a hearing on her application for a commuted sentence.

So this year, advocates for battered women helped their lengthy applications for commuted sentences.

Evidence in Appeal Last week, Mr. Herrera's lawyers asked the board for a 90-day reprieve and for a commuted sentence.