On Tuesday, state Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk (R-Hubertus) and 39 other Republican legislators (33 from the Assembly and 6 from the ...
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole met with media to explain the process if death row inmate Ralph Menzies is granted a commutation hearing. His attorneys have asked the Board ...
Gov. Tony Evers announced April 3 that he’s reviving the state’s commutation process, allowing Wisconsin prisoners to apply to have their sentences shortened for the first time in 25 years.
More than three-dozen Wisconsin lawmakers want Gov. Tony Evers to pause his plan to cut sentences short for some criminals in ...
In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...
From left: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (Commonwealth Media Services); Gail Stallworth (courtesy of Cornelius Harp); then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a Board of Pardons meeting (via YouTube). Gail ...
(WHTM) — Advocates say there are more than 5,000 inmates serving life sentences in Pennsylvania, and not enough of them are getting second chances. The Let’s Get Free Initiative sent a petition with ...
TINTON FALLS — A trio of Democratic state legislators from Monmouth County has broken ranks with former Gov. Phil Murphy, issuing a blistering condemnation of his last-minute decision to commute the ...