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Notwithstanding Article 4, Section 5 of this Constitution, the legislature may by law create a penalty of life imprisonment without parole for specified crimes which sentence shall not be subject to commutation by the governor. The legislature may in addition limit commutation of a death sentence to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole which sentence shall not be subject to further commutation. In no event shall the inherent power of the governor to grant a pardon be limited or curtailed.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Constitution Art. 3, § 53. Creation of criminal penalties not subject to governor's power to commute - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/wyoming-constitution/wy-const-art-3-sect-53/
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