HMM 2020 Clemency Special
This year end special is on Clemency. On Dec 24, 2020 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo granted clemency to 21 individuals - 7 commutations and the rest pardons. There were 2,518 new clemency applications this year, an 80% increase over last year. Today we spend the hour looking at a few clemency cases that were not granted by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. We hear from Roni Minter from the Freedom Unchecked Coalition, Jolene Russ, Kerry Gant and play excerpts from a Prisons + COVID-19 = Death Press Conference Excerpts