Governor Evers issues first commutations in decades

Outgoing Governor Tony Evers issuing the state's first commutations in decades. Fourteen sentences, including ten people convicted of homicide. One of them will be immediately released. The others will either have their sentences or supervision shortened, or both, or will be eligible for parole earlier. In one case, Michael Maldonado was a teen when he was convicted in 1995 in a murder-for-hire case in Jefferson County. A school librarian was convicted in hiring students to kill her husband. Maldonado admitted he pulled the trigger, but later admitted they actually, that's not what happened. He testified to the Commutation Advisory Board this summer. I can't even imagine the emotional suffering and heartache and fear that was placed on that family because of this traumatic event. After three decades, I had an opportunity to speak with her family in person, and it was evident that their emotional turmoil continues through to this day. Maldonado was sentenced to life in prison and then was eligible for parole in 2044. But with today's news, he'll now serve four more years in prison and then have parole for the rest of his sentence. The full list of commutation includes 10 convicted of homicide, five convicted of robbery or burglary, and one convicted of drug dealing and one convicted of arson. Let's turn now to the weather. Let's take a live look outside. A definite fall feel to the air, but a warm-up eventually on the way. But I'm living in tonight. You know what tonight was? Huh? I turned up the butt warmer in the car. It's that kind of a night. It's that kind of a night. Oh, I did too. Thank you! When I was on my break, I'm like, seat warmers? And then I did the steering wheel warmer because my car has that. The car that I drive now finally has that, and that came in handy. If only we could get a way to shift the gears for that to be warm. Maybe that'd be a little too much, but yeah, I was.