No way... the convict is sentenced by a jury of his peers and the people are the ones sentencing the person rather than the victim/it's family.
If this were possible, the rich and famous would never go to jail as they can just "buy" themself out of prison. What would one do with someone like Martha Steward or Jeff Skilling, how about Ken Lay? Who would pardon them and allow a reprieve/commute of their sentences (yes i know 2 of the 3 aren't sentenced yet)?
The families now have one way to ask for a commute of death to life imprisonment by speaking out against the death penalty in the punishment phase... It may or may not impact the sentence but you can try... That is as good as it is and should be. After all the judgement is in the name of the people.
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