Overview
- Peters was released from a Colorado state prison on Monday after Gov. Jared Polis commuted her near-nine-year sentence to 4.5 years and she became eligible for parole.
- She was convicted in 2024 of multiple felonies for allowing an outside expert to copy Mesa County’s Dominion voting-system data during a 2021 update and for related fraud and misconduct.
- An April Colorado Court of Appeals decision upheld the convictions but ordered resentencing because the trial judge improperly penalized Peters for speech about election fraud, and Polis cited that ruling in his commutation letter.
- The commutation and release provoked sharp backlash from state officials and Democrats who say it undermines election accountability, while Peters’ allies including President Trump hailed the outcome and had pressured Colorado for her freedom.
- Hours after her release Peters resumed promoting baseless claims about election fraud on national conservative platforms, and officials have not publicly released the specific parole conditions or reporting plan that will govern her supervision.