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Evers pardons another 17, bringing total to 174

April 2, 2021 9:23 am Leave a comment

On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers displays the signed bill to restore pay parity for state public defenders.

Gov. Tony Evers has granted another 17 pardons, bringing his total number of pardons to 174.

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Latest round of pardons brings Evers’ total to 157

February 26, 2021 10:38 am Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Friday that he has granted another 13 pardons, bringing his total to date to 157. The Pardon Advisory Board heard from applicants virtually on Feb. 12 and then gave its recommendations to Evers. Evers said he was ...

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37 more receive pardons from Evers

February 3, 2021 1:39 pm Leave a comment

Thirty-seven more people have received pardons from Gov. Tony Evers.

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Evers tops 100 pardons with latest 33

December 4, 2020 11:05 am Leave a comment

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers speaks during a news conference
on Thursday in Kenosha. The city has suffered from unrest in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is at rear. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Gov. Tony Evers has pardoned more than 100 people during his first two years in office with his latest round of granted requests.

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With 9 latest, Evers pardons 74 people in 1 year

October 8, 2020 12:35 pm Leave a comment

In the past year, Gov. Tony Evers revived the Pardon Advisory Board after a nine-year hiatus and granted pardons for 74 people.

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Evers pardons 9 more, raising total to 65

September 15, 2020 1:35 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers pardoned nine more people this week, raising the total number of people he's pardoned to 65.

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Wisconsin governor pardons 9 people, raising total to 56

August 12, 2020 12:01 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers announced nine pardons on Wednesday, raising the total he's issued to 56.

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Evers issues 18 more pardons

July 16, 2020 11:05 am Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers says he doesn't fault Republicans for not wanting to sign confidentiality agreements as requested by fellow Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Evers told reporters that Republicans who stand in the way of Kaul settling lawsuits on behalf of the state need to figure out a resolution so Wisconsin does not lose millions of dollars in settlement money. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Gov. Tony Evers announced 18 pardons on Thursday, the most he's made at one time since reviving the issuing of pardons last year following an eight year hiatus under former Gov. Scott Walker.

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Wisconsin governor issues 17 more pardons

February 20, 2020 10:47 am Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers has pardoned 17 more people, his office announced Wednesday.

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Evers rejects Dassey’s pardon bid (UPDATE)

December 20, 2019 2:08 pm Leave a comment

Brendan Dassey appears in court on April 16, 2007. On Friday, Gov. Tony Evers' office said the governor would not be considering a pardon for Dassey. (AP photo/Dan Powers, Pool)

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

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Evers issues 8 more pardons

November 10, 2019 8:30 pm Leave a comment

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers addresses a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers during the Governor's State of the State speech at the state Capitol, in Madison, Wis. Behind Evers is Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, left, and Senate President Roger Roth, R-Appleton. Evers tried for months for the Legislature to take up gun control bills to no avail. So he recently called a special session to force them to convene on the issue. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issued eight more pardons.

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Evers issuing 1st Wisconsin pardons in 9 years

October 7, 2019 11:10 am Leave a comment

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will issue Wisconsin’s first pardons in nine years, invoking his constitutional power to grant clemency to four people. Evers plans to issue the pardons on Monday, the first ...

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Gov. Evers re-forms Wisconsin pardons board Walker dropped

June 17, 2019 10:52 am Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers re-established Wisconsin's pardons board on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise to again consider granting pardons after his Republican predecessor, Scott Walker, halted the process eight years ago.

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Hope for gubernatorial pardons renewed in Wisconsin

March 25, 2019 8:25 am Leave a comment

Letters from people seeking pardons and prison sentence commutations sent to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers lie stacked on a desk in Madison on March 18. Evers promised to issue pardons again after eight years of inaction under former Gov. Scott Walker. Evers has received more than 1,000 letters, phone calls and emails about his plans to revive issuing pardons but has yet to re-establish the pardons board, which was disbanded under Walker. Wisconsin is among the majority of states where governors have the power to issue pardons. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Some are handwritten pleas. Others are typed. They come on long pieces of yellow legal paper, other times on post cards. Some include photos.

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