(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: (1) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole and not to any lesser sentence; (2) except as provided in subsection (b), if the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of such imprisonment; (3) if the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof; or (4) if the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either or both. (b) The governor shall not commute a sentence of life without possibility of parole.
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