Gov. Jared Polis commutes Tina Peters' prison sentence

Colorado's politician connected Friday announced that helium is commuting the condemnation of erstwhile Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. She's serving clip for predetermination interference for allowing unauthorized entree to voting machines following the 2020 statesmanlike election. She was sentenced to service implicit 8 years successful authorities prison in October 2024.

Tina Peters, left, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Mesa County Sheriff's Office / Getty Images

President Trump has urged Gov. Jared Polis to instrumentality the action, and Polis has said helium would see the move, but helium gave nary denotation astir a timeline for specified an action. On Friday, helium made the announcement by sending retired a quality merchandise stating that helium is granting clemency to 44 people, including Peters.

"The Clemency powerfulness is simply a superior responsibility, and not 1 that I instrumentality lightly. This powerfulness has the quality to alteration lives - assistance assistance a 2nd accidental for idiosyncratic who has made sedate mistakes - and it comes with large consideration, and sometimes adjacent controversy. That's wherefore I've taken the clip needed to cautiously reappraisal and deliberate connected these applications, and cautiously see input from victims and household members impacted, instrumentality enforcement, and those successful the justness strategy who worked connected these cases," said Polis successful a prepared statement.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold rapidly condemned the move, calling it a "gross injustice to our elections, predetermination workers and ideology with acold reaching consequences."