Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, § 74: Remission and suspension

Article 74. Remission and suspension.

(a) An authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence may remit or suspend any part or amount of the unexecuted part of any sentence, including all uncollected forfeitures other than a sentence approved by the commander-in-chief,

(b) The commander-in-chief may, for good cause, substitute an administrative form of discharge for a discharge or dismissal executed in accordance with the sentence of a court-martial.