Colorado appeals court orders new sentencing for Tina Peters, upholds convictions

Colorado appeals court orders new sentencing for Tina Peters, upholds convictions

Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a trial judge improperly sentenced former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters based upon her exercise of protected speech, while at the same time upholding her convictions. The three-judge Court of Appeals panel also concluded that President Donald Trump’s attempted pardon of Peters for state-level convictions last year was […]

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