Gov. Polis did commute Tina Peters' sentence on June 26, 2026, overriding a unanimous clemency board recommendation against it. The post quotes Peters as making a statement about remorse, but presents it selectively — Peters' exact quote and the date it was made cannot be independently verified from available coverage. The framing is misleading in a key way: Polis justified his clemency decision based on sentence length, Peters' status as a first-time nonviolent offender, and broader justice system concerns — not on an assessment that Peters was genuinely remorseful. By focusing on Peters' remorse statement and framing it as the basis for her release, the post misrepresents Polis's actual reasoning. This is a legitimate policy disagreement with the clemency board's recommendation, but the post presents it through selective quoting and an assumption about Polis's motives rather than what he actually stated about his decision.