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Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-115 (2026)

Offenders whose capital sentences are commuted

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Any offender who has been sentenced to suffer death, and whose sentence has been commuted by the Governor to imprisonment in the state correctional system, shall be confined in the state correctional system on order of the Governor and treated as are other offenders.

Codes, 1942, § 7976; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 56; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 56; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 61; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 56; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 56, eff. 3/28/1986.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1993–1998 · leading case: Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993).
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Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993). · cites it 2× “V, § 124, Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-115 (1981); Mo. Const.”
Ohio Adult Parole Auth. v. Woodard, 523 U.S. 272 (1998). “V, § 124, Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-115 (1981); Mo. Const.”
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