President Clinton granted the request, along with dozens of other commutations and pardons. Greitens also issued four commutations and five pardons. However, the Board may recommend commutations and pardons for such offenses. Copeland was one of 330 commutations the president granted on his last day in office. Obama granted 78 commutations on this day. Eloranta, however, was executed in 1923 after Eino Rahja lobbied the reconsideration of the commutations. He also issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined. She campaigned in her column for President Bush to issue more pardons and sentence commutations. After the commutations, only Pontiac continued to hold death row prisoners. Between 1925 and 1965, 57 commutations were granted out of 268 cases. The commutations were expected to save the state over twelve million dollars. Both Clinton and Obama issued the commutations a few days before leaving office. However, pardons and commutations have been recognized as autonomous powers of the president. However, pardons and commutations have been recognized as autonomous powers of the President. Commutations tend to be far more frequent than executions.