1. (a) On giving the notice required by the Maryland Constitution, the Governor may:

   1. (1) change a sentence of death into a sentence of life without the possibility of parole;
   2. (2) pardon an individual convicted of a crime subject to any conditions the Governor requires; or
   3. (3) remit any part of a sentence of imprisonment subject to any conditions the Governor requires, without the remission operating as a full pardon.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A pardon or commutation of sentence shall be evidenced by a written executive order signed by the Governor under the great seal.
   2. (2) An order granting a pardon or conditional pardon shall clearly indicate on its face whether it is a partial or full pardon.
3. (c) 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.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 36, § 6, eff. April 8, 2008; Acts 2013, c. 156, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.

Formerly Art. 41, §§ 4-501, 4-513.