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Colorado Governor Jared Polis reiterated in an interview with Denver 7 Thursday that he is seriously considering commuting the sentence of Tina Peters.
“We look at every case individually, and this is somebody who’s a first-time offender, nonviolent offense. Very unusual in our state that they would get that kind of punishment. So, it’s something that we look at, along with many other hundreds of people who’ve applied for clemency.”
The reporter circled back to the question at the end of the interview, seemingly baffled and asking asked the Governor to confirm that he was actually considering commutation.
Polis confirmed.
“Well, yeah, we look at every application that comes in. I mean, there’s hundreds of people who have applied for clemency. I look at things like sentences that are too long. We look at things like how well people have behaved behind bars. Every year I’ve done some and I’ve told folks in my final year, of course, like many governors, I do intend to really lean into that value of mercy and see what I can do to help give people a second chance.”
Polis was speaking to the legislature prior to this interview, and his co-equal branch of government passed a resolution Wednesday to stop referring to the Governor as “His Excellency.”
Oral arguments in Tina Peters appeal were held Wednesday in Denver, whether the three judge panel seemed outraged at times by the conduct of the state in this case. You can read our full recap of those proceedings here.
Governor Jared Polis is pretending to be libertarian right now — not just on this, he also talks about “my body my choice” in the context of vaccine mandates in that same interview. Fake libertarian Polis only comes out when he is running for office.
I attended part of opening day in Denver. Here's what I found:
And here is that resolution to stop calling Polis “Excellency.”
Shout out to Ken deGraaf who made the resolution happen. He was joined in it by the DSA's Lorena Garcia, which is hilarious and promises a fiery session with unexpected alliances.
Free Tina Peters.
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Pure face saving! Look, we have compassion. The idea that Tina Peters was railroaded by our crooked "justice" system is pure right wing conspiracy.