US EditionMississippi Man Serving an Illegal Sentence Granted Clemency, Weeks After His Brother
Maurice Taylor served over 11 years for a sentence more than three times the lawful maximum for conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance, Governor Reeves said.
- Governor Tate Reeves granted executive clemency to Maurice Taylor, who was illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime with a five-year maximum sentence.
- Maurice Taylor accepted a plea bargain in 2015 and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance, receiving an illegal 20-year sentence with five years suspended.
- Maurice Taylor's brother, Marcus Taylor, also received clemency from Governor Reeves earlier in the month after courts ruled his similar sentence was illegal.
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Mississippi man serving an illegal sentence granted clemency, weeks after after his brother
Two brothers who both received illegal prison sentences that were years longer than the maximum penalty for their crimes have been granted clemency by Mississippi Gov.
Gov. Reeves grants clemency to twin brother of man already set free
Gov. Reeves grants clemency to twin brother of man already set free JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Gov. Tate Reeves has granted clemency to Maurice Taylor, the twin brother of a man to whom the governor granted clemency earlier this month. According to the governor, Maurice Taylor was illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison, with five years suspended. In February of 2015, Maurice Taylor accepted a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell…
Gov. Tate Reeves grants clemency to Maurice Taylor after 'plainly illegal' 20-year sentence
Gov. Tate Reeves has granted executive clemency to Maurice Taylor, who was serving an illegal 20-year sentence for conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance, reducing it to time served.
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