COMMUTATIONS
OF DEATH SENTENCES
Year
Total number
of commutations
ANNEX
C
Number commuted
to life imprisonment
Life sentences as a percentage of total
1976
19
12
638
1977
10
9
90%
1978
7
6
or
85%
1979
16
9
56%
1980
3
3
100%
1981
12
9
75%
1982
16
12
75%
1983
13
9
69%
1984
9
8
89%
1985
22
16
73%
1986
5
2
40%
1987
8
5
(to 30 June)
TOTAL
638
140
100
(AVERAGE) 71%