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Hobbs more inclined to issue clemency than predecessors
Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//February 22, 2024//
Arizona Democrat governor-elect and current Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, left, passes canvass documents to Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, right, during the official certification for the Arizona general election canvass in a ceremony at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Hobbs has been more inclined than her Republican predecessor, Ducey, to take a political risk and grant pardons and commutations to prisoners. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)
Hobbs more inclined to issue clemency than predecessors
Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//February 22, 2024//
Gov. Katie Hobbs granted seven of the nine recommendations sent by the Board of Executive Clemency since taking office, marking an early departure from the record of her Republican predecessor....
