Code of Virginia - Title 53.1 Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction - Chapter 12 Executive Clemency

• 53.1-229 Powers vested in Governor
  In accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia, the power to commute capital punishment and to grant pardons ...
• 53.1-230 Commutation of capital punishment
  In any case in which the Governor shall exercise the power conferred on him to commute capital punishment, he may issue his order to the ...
• 53.1-231 Investigation of cases for executive clemency by Parole Board
  The Virginia Parole Board shall, at the request of the Governor, investigate and report to the Governor on cases in which executive clemency is sought. ...

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