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by mooseburger 1973 days ago
Doesn't appear to be a pardon, which involves the conviction being expunged. Commuting a sentence means more like "you have been punished enough, but we were right to punish you". A pardon is "we were wrong to punish you".
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Oh sorry, you are correct. The president commuted her sentence. I got confused with pardons today.