TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 15, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee has granted executive clemency to 23 people, including 22 full pardons. A pardon serves as a statement of forgiveness to someone who has completed their prison sentence and are no longer incarcerated, while commutation shortens a sentence but lets the conviction stand, reports the Associated Press. Similar to last year, Gov. Lee did not issue any exonerations, in which the governor declares that the applicant didn’t commit the crime.