{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-executive-law-16","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Executive Law § 16","heading":"His power; in respect to convictions for treason; duty of the legislature, in such cases","body":"§ 16. His power; in respect to convictions for treason; duty of the\nlegislature, in such cases. He may also suspend the execution of the\nsentence, upon a conviction for treason, until the case can be reported\nto the legislature, at its next meeting, when the legislature must\neither pardon or commute the sentence, direct the execution thereof, or\ngrant a further reprieve.","path":["Executive Law","Article 2-A. Reprieves, Commutations and Pardons"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EXC/16","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"41d7be1222763947a1cf298cbfcffb09e4936f433f906ea04d1915cde9f606eb","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-executive-law-15","next":"us-ny/n.y.-executive-law-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}