Assertion: death sentence | /r/HasProperty | commuted since independence
Facets:
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Since independence, death sentences for murder in such cases had always been commuted; the new act was intended "to eliminate all the terrible ritual of the black cap and the solemn words of the judge pronouncing sentence of death in those cases ... where it is clear to the Court and to everybody, except perhaps the unfortunate accused, that the sentence will never be carried out.