Governor Kathy Hochul grants clemency to 13 incarcerated individuals, including a domestic abuse survivor.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference announcing actions to combat hate crimes, at her office in New York City on Nov. 22, 2022.survivor and nine people facing immigration consequences as a result of decade-old convictions.
"These grants of clemency serve not only to acknowledge the steps these individuals have taken to rehabilitate themselves, but to remind others that such change is possible and that nobody should be defined by their worst mistake," Hochul said. Anthony Evans, 56, will also have his sentence commuted. He was "exposed to crime and substance abuse, and his family was greatly impacted by steel mill closures and deindustrialization in the Buffalo area" at a young age, according to Hochul's office.
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