His execution became certain when the state board refused his request for commutation.州委员会拒绝了他的减刑请求，他被执行死刑已确定无疑。He appealed for a commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.他请求由死刑减刑为终身监禁。Activists campaigned for a commutation of Lee's sentence.积极分子发起了一场为李减刑的运动。