The Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services Board shall consider all petitions for reprieves or the commutation of a sentence of death to life imprisonment which may be referred to it by the Governor and shall make its recommendations to the Governor regarding the petitions. The Governor may or may not adopt the recommendations but in case he does not he shall submit his reasons for not doing so to the General Assembly. The Governor may act on any petition without reference to the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 24-21-910
Petitions for reprieve or commutation of death sentence; recommendation to governor
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Herrera v. Collins (1993)
Most recently applied in Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard (March 1998)
1962 Code SECTION 55-641; 1952 Code SECTION 55-641; 1942 Code SECTION 3436; 1932 Code SECTION 3436; Civ
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