DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - Trump Commutes Former Union Leader John Dougherty’s Corruption Sentence
John Dougherty was convicted on bribery charges
HUFFPOST - Trump Voter Reacts To President Commuting Sentence Of Woman Who Defrauded Him, Others Of Millions
“We had justice and now...”
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Critics: California policy could free Scott Peterson, convicted killers
Prosecutors, families and victim advocates are filing a lawsuit to block a California Board of Parole Hearings policy that would allow offenders to request resentencing or commutation after 25 years. Critics say the policy would allow serious offenders serving life without parole to request a resentencing and would retraumatize victims and families. #california #crime #law Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
AI:Prosecutors, victims' families, and advocates are launching a lawsuit to combat a radical California Board of Parole Hearings policy that threatens to release even the most heinous criminals. This controversial move would allow offenders—including those convicted of brutal murders like Scott Peterson—to request resentencing or commutation after serving only 25 years in prison. The legal challenge aims to stop this dangerous shift that undermines justice for victims and prioritizes the rights of violent killers over the safety of the public, following a pattern of judicial failures across California where criminals are frequently released back into society only to strike again.Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Steph Whiteside) - Critics worry serial killers could be freed under new California parole rules
The new regulations allow those who have served 25 years to seek resentencing or a commutation from the governor.
NYTIMES (Jack Healy) - Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Tina Peters
Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, who tampered with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 election had been rigged against President Trump.
NYTIMES (Kenneth P. Vogel, Nicole Hong and William K. Rashbaum) - Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency
Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.
HUFFPOST - Man Whose Life Sentence Was Commuted By Kristi Noem Now Implicated In His Niece's Death
Mark Milk, 51, who faces five counts related to the death of McKenna Wendel, 14, was serving a a life term for manslaughter in 2023 when the former South Dakota governor commuted his sentence.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Steph Whiteside) - Uncle of missing McKenna Wendel charged in her cocaine-related death
Mark Milk was previously serving a life sentence for manslaugher but his term was commuted by then-Gov. Kristi Noem.
NYTIMES (Jack Healy) - Colorado Governor Overruled His Own Clemency Board to Release Tina Peters
Two members of Gov. Jared Polis’s board that reviews commutation requests came forward to say the secretive panel had twice rejected the release of Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering.
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - Far-Left Radicals Turn on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Over Tina Peters Commutation
In a rare departure from his party’s norms in an era of hyperpartisanship, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters last week. Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, had been serving a nine-year prison term for non-violent offenses tied to 2021 election equipment access in which she attempted to get […] The post Far-Left Radicals Turn on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Over Tina Peters Commutation appeared first on StoneZone .
In a rare departure from his party’s norms in an era of hyperpartisanship, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters last week. Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, had been serving a nine-year prison term for non-violent offenses tied to 2021 election equipment access in which she attempted to get to the bottom of widespread electoral fraud claims that were being denied by the political mainstream. After Polis’ decision, Peters is set to be released on June 1 after serving about 17-19 months. Peters had been convicted for allegedly allowing an unauthorized individual linked to election integrity activists to be given access to voting systems, aiming to preserve data revealing irregularities. A jury…Open