This constitutional authority allows a governor to lower or end court ordered sentences given to felons. The only restrictions Evers gave himself is that the underlying crime could not be a sexual assault, have involved a child. And if a person is serving a life sentence, they must have served 20 years. Murderers, kidnappers, cop killers, human traffickers, domestic abusers. The worst of the worst will be eligible to have their sentences lowered or even ended. Some of Wisconsin's worst criminals could go free. (00:29–00:35)
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Asserts that life sentence commutations require the individual to have served 20 years.
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