Reductions in sentences for death row inmates, which are granted by a state's governor, are called ________.

A. appellate reviews
B. commutations
C. proportionality reviews
D. habeas corpus petitions


Answer: B

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arguments were adopted by the Landau Commission of Enquiry in Israel in 1987.

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