Tami Eldridge is one of over 1,800 people with a clemency application pending with Governor Kathy Hochul, who has yet to commute the sentence of a single woman who applied for clemency since she took office four years ago.
Read MoreIssuing her first round of clemencies in eight months, Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday pardoned 13 people but chose not to commute the sentence of a single New Yorker, despite the fact that commutation request make up a vast majority of the hundreds of clemency applications sent to the governor’s desk each year.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul’s promise to issue clemency on a rolling basis has stalled this year, concerning advocates who say hundreds of New Yorkers deserve a shot at release from prison.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul quietly granted clemency to over a dozen New Yorkers last week, just before the start of Memorial Day weekend.
Read MoreLast week, Governor Kathy Hochul granted clemency to seven New Yorkers, marking the first time she’s followed through on her promise to grant clemency on a rolling basis.
Read MoreLawmakers in Albany are looking to pass a bill that would codify many of the reforms Governor Kathy Hochul has promised to make to the state’s clemency process.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul granted clemency to a little more than a dozen New Yorkers on Wednesday, and publicly shared, for the first time, updates to the clemency reforms she promised a year ago but has been slow to act on.
Read MoreThe Legal Aid Society is calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to make good on a series of clemency reforms she promised a year ago. As the Eagle has reported throughout the year, those reforms have been slow to come, though progress is being made.
Read MoreOn Christmas Eve of last year, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she planned to reform the state’s clemency process, one which advocates have long said is antiquated and opaque. While a number of those reforms have begun to take shape in recent months, others, including the one advocates say is the most important, have yet to see the light of day.
Read MoreRobert Webster, who served 34 years of a 50 year to life sentence for two arsons he says he didn’t commit, was released from prison last week. His arrest, conviction, sentencing, incarceration and release highlight a number of flaws in the criminal justice system, advocates say.
Read MoreHalf a year after Governor Kathy Hochul committed to reforming the state’s clemency process, New York’s top executive said changes should be coming soon.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul said changes to the clemency process were coming – half a year later, few have come to pass.
Read MoreGreg Mingo, who was granted clemency this week, was one of an estimated 2,500 incarcerated New Yorkers to have their applications for clemency cross the governor’s desk in 2020.
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