By Nancy Lofholm | The Colorado Sun
Gov. Jared Polis commuted the former Mesa County clerk’s sentence last month, making her eligible for parole and setting off a national firestorm over her role in attempting to interfere with an election.
Tina Peters is scheduled to be released from a state prison in Pueblo Monday after Gov. Jared Polis controversially commuted the former Mesa County clerk’s sentence last month, cutting it in half.
Peters, 70, has been imprisoned since 2024 for election fraud and official misconduct after she snuck an outside election denier into the off-limits Mesa County Elections Division office so he could copy the hard drive from the county’s voting system. Sentenced to nine years in October 2024, Polis cut her prison time in half on May 15 and made her parole eligible June 1 — today.
“I am writing to inform you that I am granting your application for a commutation,” Polis wrote in the letter to Peters informing her of his decision, setting off a national firestorm of controversy and vitriol.
The order left a number of procedural mysteries, including the precise time she might be released and under what conditions.
High-profile commutations of this sort are not the norm in Colorado, so even law enforcement officials and attorneys who are well-versed in criminal law are scratching their heads over how this release from prison will play out.
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