唐纳德·特朗普总统自去年重返白宫以来，一直向波利斯施压，要求释放70岁的蒂娜·彼得斯（Tina Peters）。波利斯承认，考虑到彼得斯没有前科，她的判决”过于严厉”。
波利斯本周在社交媒体上承认，彼得斯被判处9年监禁，而一名因同一罪行被定罪的前州议员仅被判处缓刑和社区服务。
“科罗拉多州和美国的司法需要得到平等适用，你永远不知道什么时候可能需要依靠法治。这就是我在考虑此类存在判决差异的案件时的考量背景，”波利斯在X平台上写道。
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这位民主党州长本周早些时候表示，如果彼得斯对其2020年的行为表示悔悟，这将影响他的决定，但她至今尚未表现出任何悔意。
“在任何成功的宽大处理申请中，她需要展示的是适当的悔罪和道歉。这是我会关注的内容，”他告诉KUSA-TV。
科罗拉多州总检察长菲尔·魏瑟（Phil Weiser）及其办公室协助起诉了彼得斯，他驳斥了波利斯的言论，并强调彼得斯尚未表现出对其行为的任何悔意。
支持特朗普的选举职员在2020年选举阴谋中被定罪，律师称其在监狱中受到威胁和攻击
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“宽大处理应基于悔悟、改造和减轻情节——而非政治影响、偏袒或报复，”正在竞选接替任期受限的波利斯的民主党人魏瑟表示。
同样希望接替波利斯担任州长的美国参议员迈克尔·班尼特（Michael Bennet）也表示，彼得斯不应被赦免或减刑。
“唐纳德·特朗普可能在寻求对科罗拉多州的报复，但屈服于他的政治压力不会让我们的州变得更强大或更安全，”这位民主党人表示。
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特朗普在社交媒体上多次发布关于彼得斯案件的内容，称她是”爱国者”。
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“民主党人没有保护美国人和他们的税款，反而选择起诉任何他们能找到的希望选举安全可靠的人，”特朗普去年发文称。”民主党人一直在无情地针对蒂娜·彼得斯，她只是想确保我们的选举公平公正。”
美联社对本报道有贡献。
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signaled he may be willing to grant clemency to a pro-Trump election worker who was thrown in jail for a 2020 scheme attempting to find proof of election fraud.
President Donald Trump has been pressuring Polis to release Tina Peters, 70, since he returned to office last year. Polis acknowledged that Peters’ sentence was “harsh,” given that she had no prior criminal record.
Polis admitted on social media this week that Peters was sentenced to 9 years in prison while a former state lawmaker convicted of the same crime was sentenced only to probation and community service.
“Justice in Colorado and America needs to be applied evenly, you never know when you might need to depend on the rule of law. This is the context I am using as I consider cases like this that have sentencing disparities,” Polis wrote on X.
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The Democratic governor said earlier this week that it would impact his decision if Peters expressed remorse for her actions in 2020, which she so far has not.
“What she would have to show in any successful clemency application would be appropriate contrition, apology. That’s the kind of thing I would be looking for,” he told KUSA-TV.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, whose office helped prosecute Peters, pushed back on Polis’ comments and emphasized that Peters has not demonstrated any remorse for her actions.
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“Clemency should be based on remorse, rehabilitation, and extenuating circumstances — not on political influence, favor, or retribution,” Weiser, a Democrat who is running to succeed the term-limited Polis, said.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, who is also hoping to replace Polis as governor, also said Peters shouldn’t be pardoned or have her sentence commuted.
“Donald Trump may be seeking revenge on Colorado, but surrendering to his political pressure will not make our state stronger or safer,” the Democrat said.
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Trump has posted on social media about Peters’ case multiple times, describing her as a “patriot.”
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“Instead of protecting Americans and their Tax Dollars, Democrats chose instead to prosecute anyone they can find that wanted Safe and Secure Elections,” Trump posted last year. “Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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