{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-22-3705","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 22-3705","heading":"Commutation of sentence, reduction of penalty; restrictions.","body":"(a) The governor may, when the governor deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows:\n(1) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole and not to any lesser sentence;\n(2) except as provided in subsection (b), if the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of such imprisonment;\n(3) if the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof; or\n(4) if the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either or both.\n(b) The governor shall not commute a sentence of life without possibility of parole.","path":["Chapter 22.—CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Article 37.—RELEASE PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_037_0005.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:17Z","sha256":"22917397e1478e3b38be24eb3ed5d5201c9b59ba142e03d693e8be9a2ac24d91","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-22-3704","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-22-3706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}