Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 22-3705 (2026)

Commutation of sentence, reduction of penalty; restrictions

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22-3705. Commutation of sentence, reduction of penalty; restrictions. (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.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3705; L. 2014, ch. 114, § 7; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Farris v. McKune, 911 P.2d 177 (Kan. 1996).

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Farris v. McKune, 911 P.2d 177 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 2× “The State then points to two other circumstances in which the State's power to reduce an offender's sentence is restricted by limitations which do not violate an offender's due process rights the Governor's pardon and the Secretary of Corrections' right to recommend a…”

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