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  1. Legal temporary suspension of the execution
  2. of a sentence of a criminal court. It is
  3. usually associated with the death penalty. It
  4. is distinct from a pardon (extinguishing the
  5. sentence) and commutation (alteration) of a
  6. sentence (for example, from death to life
  7. imprisonment).
  8.