Colorado Governor Overruled His Own Clemency Board to Release Tina Peters

Two members of Gov. Jared Polis’s board that reviews commutation requests came forward to say the secretive panel had twice rejected the release of Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering.Hannah Proff and Azra Taslimi, two Denver lawyers who serve on Colorado’s 11-person clemency advisory board, say the board twice rejected requests to release Tina Peters.