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Granting second chances: Gov. Evers plans to restore pardons in Wisconsin, giving hope to offenders

Noted: “The rationale that I saw was that he believed that (pardons were) a matter for the judiciary and that he wasn’t going to become involved in that, which is a philosophical  position. It happens to be one that’s not consistent with the constitutional structure that we have in this state,” said Keith Findley, an associate professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.