Tina Peters Released From Colorado Prison After Clemency
Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters was released Monday after serving part of a nine-year sentence. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted the term last month, citing the length of the sentence for a first-time offender.
ABC NewsTina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk, was released from a Colorado prison Monday after serving part of a nine-year sentence. A spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed that Peters is no longer in custody.
Background on the case Peters was convicted in October 2024 on charges of giving an individual affiliated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell access to the election software she used for her county. She had been sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty in a scheme to breach voting systems in search of evidence of election fraud in 2020.
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Jared Polis granted Peters clemency last month. The governor said Peters' nearly nine-year sentence for nonviolent offenses was "extremely unusual and lengthy" for a first-time offender.
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A first-time nonviolent offender received an unusually harsh nine-year sentence for trying to examine election equipment after widespread 2020 irregularities, and a Democratic governor correctly commuted it on proportionality grounds.
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