Colorado Governor Grants Early Release to Tina Peters Through Clemency

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted Tina Peters’s nine-year prison sentence, granting parole effective June 1 (not a pardon) after an appeals court found the sentence improper and directed resentencing. Peters, a former Mesa County clerk tied to 2020 election denial, was convicted of four felonies and three misdemeanors for using another person’s security badge to access county election equipment. The decision drew bipartisan criticism from election officials and Democrats, with Trump supporting Peters. Peters apologized and said she will work on election integrity and prison reform following her release.