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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="7-601" title_number="7" title_name="Parole, Release on Mandatory Supervision, and Executive Clemency" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Commutation of Sentence; Pardon">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On giving the notice required by the Maryland Constitution, the Governor may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>change a sentence of death into a sentence of life without the possibility of parole;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pardon an individual convicted of a crime subject to any conditions the Governor requires; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>remit any part of a sentence of imprisonment subject to any conditions the Governor requires, without the remission operating as a full pardon.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A pardon or commutation of sentence shall be evidenced by a written executive order signed by the Governor under the great seal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An order granting a pardon or conditional pardon shall clearly indicate on its face whether it is a partial or full pardon.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>There is a presumption that the grantee of a pardon was lawfully and properly convicted of a crime against the State unless the order granting the pardon states that the grantee has been shown conclusively to have been convicted in error.</text>
  </level>
</section>
