Opinion

Tina Peters clemency? Her sentence was drastically harsher than those of two Democratic lawmakers (Opinion)

Gov. Jared Polis has questioned whether justice was evenly applied when comparing the length of the sentence imposed on former Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters with the sentence imposed on ...

Polis signals possible clemency for Tina Peters, comparing her sentence to lighter one given to state lawmaker

Polis pointed to the case of a former Democratic state legislator who was sentenced to probation for the same charge that ...
Colorado Politics

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ignites fierce debate after raising clemency questions in Tina Peters case

Gov. Jared Polis ignited a political firestorm Tuesday night after weighing in on the prison sentences of two former Colorado officials — a Democrat and a Republican — convicted of attempting to ...
Union-Bulletin

Colorado Democrats blast Gov. Jared Polis as he again hints at intervening in Tina Peters’ prison sentence

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has again signaled that he thinks Tina Peters’ prison sentence was too harsh as he considers granting some form of clemency — though not ...