Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Death row inmate Ralph Menzies appears in court on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, where 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates signed an ...

Gov. Tony Evers issued two executive orders this month that make the commutation of prison sentences available again in ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole met with media to explain the process if death row inmate Ralph Menzies is granted a commutation hearing. His attorneys have asked the Board ...

Gov. Tony Evers announced April 3 that he’s reviving the state’s commutation process, allowing Wisconsin prisoners to apply to have their sentences shortened for the first time in 25 years.

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Governor Tony Evers signed two executive orders Friday restoring the commutations process in Wisconsin. A commutation may reduce a sentence a person is serving and is unlike a ...

Friday, April 10, marks a major shift in Wisconsin's criminal justice system. Governor Tony Evers has signed two executive orders, officially restoring the state's commutation process ...

Evers’ commutation process offers hope to some lifers, but excludes sex offenses and recent violence behind bars.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed two executive orders to reinstate Wisconsin’s process for issuing commutations, including creating a new Commutation Advisory Board. The governor, who reinstated ...