Gov backs away from sentence commutations while pardoning six New Yorkers

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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