Any offender who has been sentenced to suffer death, and whose sentence has been commuted by the Governor to imprisonment in the state correctional system, shall be confined in the state correctional system on order of the Governor and treated as are other offenders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-115
Offenders whose capital sentences are commuted
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Herrera v. Collins (1993)
Most recently applied in Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard (March 1998)
Codes, 1942, § 7976; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 56; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 56; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 61; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 56; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch.…
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