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Michigan inmate challenges former governor Granholm's commutation reversal
3:26 pm
Thu August 23, 2012
Michigan inmate challenges former governor Granholm's commutation reversal
By Mark Brush
Lead in text:
A fascinating story about a last second reversal by former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. At the end of her term as governor in 2010, Granholm had signed an order commuting Matthew Makowski's sentence of life without parole. Makowski was convicted of first degree murder for setting up a robbery of a co-worker in 1988. But after she was contacted by the victim's family, Granholm reversed her order. Now lawyers are arguing whether she had the authority to rescind her original order.
- Source: Washingtonpost
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