Natalie Murphy seeks early release as Wisconsin revives commutations (Democrat Governor, WI, On His Way Out)

A decade after Natalie Murphy was sentenced to prison for the death of her boyfriend in Juneau County, she is asking Gov. Tony Evers to shorten her sentence. Murphy, now 33, was one of 12 people who appeared before Wisconsin’s new Commutation Advisory Board Friday as the state held its first commutation hearings in decades. Murphy was 21 when she was arrested on Feb. 12, 2015, after Andrew Dammen was shot and killed inside an apartment in Necedah. Murphy was initially charged with first-degree intentional homicide. She was ultimately convicted of first-degree reckless homicide and second-degree recklessly endangering safety. In...