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Abstract:
Articles I and IV of the State Constitution authorize the governor to grant executive clemency to convicted criminals (Executive Law, Section 15-19). Among the types of clemency offered is restoration of citizenship rights, by which the governor restores civil rights lost as a result of a conviction .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This series consists of records of incarcerated individuals discharged after their sentences were "commuted," Entries lists name; county; crime; term; date of sentence; date received at prison; shop incarcerated individual worked in; date of discharge; and remarks. Later volumes court; judge and commutation .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Governor
Abstract:
These registers report summary information on incarcerated individuals committed to state correctional institutions and selected county penitentiaries each month. Information is handwritten in columns on preprinted pages which were later bound into volumes for each year. Monthly reports from each institution .........
Repository:
New York State Archives