Governor Evers Grants More Pardons

Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 -- 9:02 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday announced today that he has granted another 71 pardons.

According to Evers' office, that brings the governor’s total number of granted pardons to 263 since the Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board was announced in 2019. His predecessor, former Republican Governor Scott Walker, granted none while in office.

Evers' office said the Democratic governor is on target to pardon more people in his first term than any governor in contemporary history. Evers also signed an executive order, expanding and expediting the pardon process.

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