{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-62","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-62","heading":"Approval of sentence.","body":"Except as provided in §§ 30-13-22 and 30-13-68, a court-martial sentence, unless suspended, may be ordered executed by the convening authority when approved by him or her and his or her staff judge advocate or, in the absence of a staff judge advocate on the staff of the convening authority, by the staff judge advocate of the next highest command. The convening authority shall approve the sentence or such a part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence as the convening authority sees fit, and may suspend the execution of the sentence as approved by him or her.","path":["Title 30 Military Affairs and Defense","Chapter 13 Rhode Island Code of Military Justice"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE30/30-13/30-13-62.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:09Z","sha256":"2f29831e06b71d5fd2d26b70f571484f13f5bc072803ca5886f15dbfa94fcc46","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-61","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-30-13-63"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}