Colorado Dems rebuke Polis for easing election-denier sentence
TL;DR
Colorado Democrats censured Gov. Jared Polis for commuting the nine-year sentence of Tina Peters, an election-denier convicted in a voting-system breach; they say the clemency under Trump pressure undermines accountability, while Polis argues he acted on the case’s facts and Peters could be paroled June 1 after a court directed resentencing.
- Colorado Democrats censure Gov. Jared Polis for commuting election denier’s sentence NBC News
- Colorado Governor Censured for Commuting Sentence of Election Denier The New York Times
- Jared Polis says his Tina Peters decision "will be remembered fondly," despite growing outrage The Colorado Sun
- Polis has no regrets about Tina Peters decision Axios
- Granting Tina Peters Clemency Is a Big Mistake The Atlantic
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