Gov. Tony Evers issued two executive orders this month restoring the commutation process in Wisconsin, opening a window to early release ...

Mandela Barnes was the only Democrat who, when initially asked, split from the governor’s executive order allowing commutations for murder convictions.

In Wisconsin, the last time there was a commutation — a reduction of a criminal sentence by the governor’s authority to grant clemency — it was during Republican Tommy Thompson’s administration ...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday, Nov. 10, announced a sweeping new round of clemency actions, granting 29 pardons and 19 commutations to people serving or having served prison sentences across New Jersey — ...

Subsequently, with the exception of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who served from 2011 to 2019, governors have offered hundreds of pardons. Gov. Tony Evers set a record for the number of ...

Mandela Barnes was the only Democrat who split from the governor’s executive order allowing commutations for murder ...

Among those granted clemency was Brenda Thompson, who was pardoned for a series of drug and property crimes connected to substance use between 2000 and 2006. — NJ Office of the Governor Gov. Phil ...