The Pardoning Power of President vs. Governor

Types of Pardoning Power of President

• Pardon: It removes both the sentence and the conviction and completely absolves the convict from all sentences, punishments and disqualifications.
• Commutation: It denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form.
• Remission: It implies reducing the period of sentence without changing its character.
• Respite: It denotes awarding a lesser sentence in place of one originally awarded due to some special fact, such as the physical and disability of a convict or the pregnancy of a woman offender.
• Reprieve: It implies a stay of the execution of a sentence (especially that ....