{"id":11295,"date":"2026-06-01T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11295"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:32:02","slug":"tina-peters-released-from-prison-after-colorado-gov-jared-polis-reduced-her-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11295","title":{"rendered":"Tina Peters released from prison after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reduced her sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tina Peters was released from a Pueblo prison Monday morning, ending her 20-month incarceration after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence last month.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11293\">Redevelopment project looks to re-imagine Tustin\u2019s Enderle Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her release was confirmed Monday morning by Adrienne Mazzone, spokeswoman for Peters\u2019 legal team. A spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear under what conditions Peters, 70, was released. State officials completed a pre-parole investigation of her home last week and identified no issues, according to her internal prison file.<\/p>\n<p>The Corrections Department said Friday that she would be released under a parole agreement, though the agency had not responded to a Denver Post records request for that document as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11291\">Joe Negri, who was Handyman Negri on \u2018Mister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood,\u2019 dies at 99<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A former Mesa County clerk, Peters was sentenced to a total of nine years in jail and prison in October 2024. She was convicted of four felonies and three misdemeanors for overseeing a plot to grant an unauthorized third party access to secure voting systems. A key ally of Donald Trump, Peters\u2019 conviction and incarceration became a rallying cry for the president and his election-conspiracist allies. Trump had repeatedly pressured Gov. Jared Polis to release the former clerk.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Secretary of State Jena Griswold called Polis\u2019 decision to commute Peters\u2019 sentence \u201can affront to our democracy, the people of Colorado, and election officials across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sends a dangerous message about accountability for those who would attack elections,\u201d Griswold wrote. \u201cPeters\u2019 release also will embolden the election denial movement; since the grant of clemency, she has continued to spread election falsehoods and conspiracies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11289\">Judge to decide if a key hearing for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will be public<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polis commuted her sentence last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tina Peters released from prison after Colorado Gov. 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