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Governor Parson commutes the sentences of four drug offenders, pardons 24 others
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO ) In the days leading up to Christmas, Governor Mike Parson granted clemency to several incarcerated individuals Monday, saying it is the time of year for forgiveness.
The governor’s office did not immediately release the names of the people pardoned, or the four offenders whose sentence he commuted, saying families were being contacted.
One of those families anxiously waiting for news is the Prosser family.
“We want him to have a chance at a life again,” said Kathy Prosser.
Her brother Tim Prosser, 58, is serving a life sentence without parole for non-violent drug offenses.
JEFFERSON CITY â Republican Gov. Mike Parson granted his first pardons Monday, saying this is the time of year for forgiveness.
But he did not release the names of the 24 individuals who were pardoned, nor did he name four people whose sentences he commuted in the days running up to the Christmas holiday, saying it was a matter of privacy.
âThere must be serious consequences for criminal behavior, but when individuals demonstrate a changed lifestyle and a commitment to abandoning the ways of their past, they should be able to redeem themselves in the eyes of the law,â Parson said. âIf we are to be a society that believes in forgiveness and second chances, then it is the next chapter in these individualsâ lives that will matter most.â