The two journalists were freed February 20, 2011 and their sentences commuted to fines of $50,000 each.

He managed to get her sentence commuted to time served.

He was arrested by the Spanish police in 1964 and condemned to death but saw his sentence commuted to life in prison.

The first three were intially sentenced to death for killing a man during a raid, but had their sentences commuted to life early this year.

Hirsch's family and friends launched a campaign to free him, or at least have his sentence commuted to life in prison.

One man he sent to death row had his sentence commuted to 10 years, another to 30 days and the third was freed.

However, he managed to have his sentence commuted to a fine.

Ziegler suspended Murdoch for the 1978-79 season, a sentence later commuted to 40 games, half the season.

If he got his sentence commuted to life, that meant the day would come when he made parole and hit the street.

This sentence was first commuted to 20 years, then reduced to 8 which made him eligible for parole after half that time.