US EditionColorado court tosses Tina Peters' 9-year sentence for tampering with election equipment, orders resentencing
The appeals court kept her convictions intact but said the original 9-year term improperly punished protected speech and election-fraud claims.
- On Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals vacated the nine-year sentence for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, ordering a district court to resentence her while upholding her convictions.
- Peters was convicted of four felonies and three misdemeanors in 2024 for orchestrating a 2021 security breach at the Mesa County Elections Office, allowing an unauthorized individual to copy voting system data.
- Chief Judge Gilbert's panel ruled the trial court 'obviously erred' by basing the original sentence on Peters' protected speech regarding election fraud allegations, violating her First Amendment rights.
- The court affirmed that President Donald Trump's pardon of Peters is invalid for state crimes, with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser stating she remains a 'convicted felon' regardless of sentencing changes.
- Facing an April 3 clemency deadline, Governor Jared Polis evaluates Peters' status amid Trump's threats of 'harsh measures' and funding cuts—actions Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser termed a 'revenge campaign.
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Convicted MAGA election fraudster given special treatment by courts
President Donald Trump may get his wish yet when it comes to Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of trying to help Trump overturn his loss in the 2020 election.On Thursday a Colorado appeals court overturned Peters’ nine-year prison sentence and ordered her to be resentenced, according to The New York Times. Although the court did not specifically order a shorter sentence for her and did not overturn her conviction, the decisio…
Appeals panel orders resentencing of ex‑Colorado clerk over voting machines
By Brad Brooks April 2 (Reuters) – A Colorado appeals court on Thursday overturned the nine-year prison sentence, but not the conviction, given to Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted of tampering with voting machines in her pursuit of claims the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from Donald Trump, as Trump repeatedly and falsely claimed. Trump has taken up the case of Peters, a fellow Republican, in recent months and put pres…
Leaders react after resentencing ordered for Tina Peters, convicted for election security breach
Political leaders are reacting after the Colorado Court of Appeals ordered a resentencing and upheld former county clerk Tina Peters' conviction for election tampering on Thursday.
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