Hello, I'm Senator Van Wengard. Serving northeastern Racine county and southwestern Milwaukee County. On Good Friday, Governor Tony Evers established a commutation process in Wisconsin for the first time in more than 30 years. 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. (00:06–00:15)
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Asserts that Governor Evers established a commutation process for the first time in over 30 years.
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