Constitution · South Carolina

S.C. Const. art. IV, § 14

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Constitution of South Carolina
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October 2026

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Powers of Governor as to clemency. With respect to clemency, the Governor shall have the power only to grant reprieves and to commute a sentence of death to that of life imprisonment. The granting of all other clemency shall be regulated and provided for by law. (1972 (57) 3171; 1973 (58) 48.)

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