McCrory Issues Pardons During Final Week Of Office Print
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Saturday, 14 January 2017 08:46
The Raleigh News and Observer (N&O) reports Governor Pat McCrory pardoned six people in his final week in office and commuted the life sentence with no parole for a woman who set fire to a Greensboro apartment that killed four people. 
 
Janet Danahey, 38, is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to setting a fire 9n 2002 that spread quickly through the complex and killed four people. Danahey, then 23, told the court she set the fire as a prank on her former boyfriend. McCrory's commutation makes her eligible for parole in 12 years. 
 
Other pardons and clemency actions made by Governor McCrory as reported by the N&O: 
  •  Matthew Taylor Watts, pardon of forgiveness for felony larceny in Wake County. 
  • Janet Evett Taylor, pardon of forgiveness for misdemeanor drug and prostitution-related charges between 1988 and 1994 in Forsyth County.
  • Terry Devern Norton, pardon of forgiveness for assault with a deadly weapon in Onslow County. 
  •  Alfred Morrison Lewis Jr., unconditional pardon for multiple drug charges in Mecklenburg County.
  • Horace Lee Shelton, pardon of innocence for forging checks in Buncombe County.  He will apply for wrongful conviction compensation of up to $750,000 from the state.
Last Updated on Saturday, 14 January 2017 09:08