Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. That act could get him censured, while she ...

Jared Polis’ decision to commute Tina Peters’ sentence strikes so many here not as an act of mercy, but as a betrayal of the very principles that hold a democratic society together. Tina Peters was ...

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 ...