Gov yet to utilize clemency powers as illegal prison guard strike continues

Gov yet to utilize clemency powers as illegal prison guard strike continues

While Governor Kathy Hochul has worked to ease the crisis facing New York’s prisons, she has yet to utilize a power granted only to her that could lead to the release of dozens, if not hundreds, of people locked for decades in New York’s prisons.

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While some clemency reforms quietly take shape, advocates look to gov for more

While some clemency reforms quietly take shape, advocates look to gov for more

On 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.

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