Gov backs away from sentence commutations while pardoning six New Yorkers

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Gov backs away from sentence commutations while pardoning six New Yorkers

Governor Kathy Hochul declined to commute the sentence of any of the more than 1,000 people in New York’s prisons who applied for clemency when she granted half a dozen pardons on Friday, angering advocates who say the governor has all but abandoned her promise to reform the state’s clemency process.

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‘Killing hope’: Advocates say gov has abandoned clemency reforms after failing to commute sentences

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‘Killing hope’: Advocates say gov has abandoned clemency reforms after failing to commute sentences

Issuing 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.

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