2010 Event The last death row inmate in Cuba has his death sentence commuted; the nation is against capital punishment and has commuted many death sentences since 2008 2009 Event Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has 4,000 prisoners death sentences commuted to life imprisonment 1979 Event President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years 1967 Event Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1915 Event Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
