Gov. Tony Evers grants 71 pardons over summer, speeds up application process
EMILY HAMER
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Gov. Tony Evers signs a pardon for Bradley Cummings during a meeting in February 2020. Cummings was the 24th person Evers has given a pardon. Evers has now granted pardons to a total of 263 people.
With an additional 71 pardons granted over the summer and new rules that will speed up and expand the application process, Gov. Tony Evers is on track to pardon more people in his first term than any governor in recent history.
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Five years ago, dozens wrote letters to former Gov. Scott Walker to issue decorated Iraq War veteran Eric Pizer a pardon. On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers will give Pizer that "second chance."
Well over 300 people participated in the river parade, and even more watched along the shore. River-goers wore gorilla, mermaid, jellyfish and pirate costumes.
Gov. Tony Evers signs a pardon for Bradley Cummings during a meeting in February 2020. Cummings was the 24th person Evers has given a pardon. Evers has now granted pardons to a total of 263 people.
