Tina Peters clemency? Her sentence was drastically harsher than those of two Democratic lawmakers (Opinion)

Author, The Denver Post, March 6, 2026

The debate over accountability for public officials has sharpened nationally as Gov. Jared Polis has questioned whether justice was evenly applied when comparing the length of the sentence imposed on former Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters with the sentence imposed on former Democratic Colorado State Senator Sonya Jacquez Lewis last week.

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