The governor may, when he deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows:
- (a) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life or for any term not less than ten years;
- (b) If the sentence is to imprisonment, by reducing the duration of such imprisonment;
- (c) If the sentence is a fine, by reducing the amount thereof;
- (d) If the sentence is both imprisonment and fine, by reducing either or both.
L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3705; July 1.