W. Va. Code § 5-1-16 Remission of Fines and Penalties; Commutation of Sentences; Reprieves; Paroles; Pardons

• Library: West Virginia Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Acts of the 2023SP1 Session effective August, 8, 2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: W. Va. Code § 5-1-16

The governor shall have power to remit fines and penalties, in such cases and under such regulations as now are or may be prescribed by law; to commute capital punishment, and, except where the prosecution was carried on by the House of Delegates, to grant reprieves, paroles and pardons, after conviction; but he shall record in the journal of executive proceedings and communicate to the Legislature, at its next session, the particulars of every case of fine or penalty remitted, of punishment commuted, and of reprieve, parole or pardon granted, with his reasons therefor. In any case wherein the governor has power to grant a pardon, instead of granting the same unconditionally, he may, after sentence, grant it upon such conditions as he may deem proper, with the assent of the person sentenced; and, for the purpose of carryi...