Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would’ve standardized how Colorado prison inmates apply for their sentences to be commuted
Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill Tuesday that would’ve standardized how Colorado prison inmates apply for their sentences to be commuted, part of the first package of vetoes the governor has issued this year.
But Polis argued that the requirements in the bill put guardrails around a process that is entirely under the control of his office.may not prescribe the manner of applying for commutations,” he wrote in a Tuesday veto letter to the bill’s sponsors, Democrats Rep. Elisabeth Epps, Sen. James Coleman and Sen. Julie Gonzales.
“Their goal, and mine in taking it on with them, was to acknowledge that the commutation application process is just unnecessarily opaque and inconsistent across Colorado,” Epps said. “The process — I’m not talking about the decisions the governor makes, but the literal process of submitting the application.”
But Epps said applicants are often unclear on the status of their applications, and she called the process a “black box.” Her bill would’ve required more direct updates between inmates and the people weighing their fate, including about the status of the application and whether any materials are missing.
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