Colorado governor cuts Tina Peters' prison sentence (opens in new tab)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the nearly nine-year prison sentence of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted over a 2021 breach of voting equipment, making her eligible for parole on June 1, 2026. Polis reduced the sentence to about four years and four and a half months, said he was not pardoning Peters and said she would remain a convicted felon. Peters, a Republican and supporter of President Trump, was convicted in August 2024 on seven state charges, including f...