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Colorado governor considering clemency for Tina Peters

Governor Polis is considering clemency for Tina Peters, citing her nine-year sentence as harsh and focusing on elderly inmates, amid ongoing appeals and political pressure.

  • Colorado Governor Jared Polis said he was `looking at` revisiting Tina Peters' punishment and called the sentence harsh in a CBS Colorado interview.
  • The case stems from Peters' role in allowing unauthorized access to Mesa County voting systems in 2021, and the 70-year-old remains jailed at Pueblo state prison after her 2024 conviction.
  • Multiple elected officials told Polis, including Mesa County DA Dan Rubinstein, Jena Griswold, and county clerks, urged him to keep Peters incarcerated, Rubinstein met with the governor.
  • Polis has the authority to grant a commutation to reduce Peters' time while under Colorado Department of Corrections rules her parole eligibility is Dec. 20, 2028, with community corrections starting 19 months prior.
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CBS News broke the news in United States on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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