Nevada pardons board will now consider requests for posthumous pardons

Published September 20, 2023 7:29 PM

By RIO YAMAT
Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s pardons board will now consider requests for posthumous pardons in a limited scope. The move comes six years after it voted to freeze such applications amid a backlog of requests for pardons and commutations. The nine-member board voted unanimously Wednesday to begin accepting petitions for posthumous pardons, but only those sponsored by a board member will be eligible for consideration. The board consists of Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, Democratic state Attorney General Aaron Ford and the state’s Supreme Court justices. The board’s executive secretary says it is still chipping away at the backlog, though it has improved.

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