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Begging your Pardon
Applications from felons for executive acts of mercy have plummeted in New Mexico under Gov. MartinezBrenna Ellis thinks the Trump stuff on social media played a part.
She pushed for the New York reality TV star's rogue candidacy on Facebook during the 2016 election season. Meanwhile, she was making a big ask of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who had publicly feuded with Trump over his comments about immigrants and Martinez' running of the state.
Ellis, 51, wanted the governor to issue a pardon for her 2001 felony conviction on conspiracy to commit arson. An act of mercy from Martinez would give Ellis, who served six months in jail and has been free for more than 15 years, a clean record and enable her plumbing company to secure government contracts.
Martinez shot down Ellis' request.
"I think I got screwed," Ellis tells SFR and New Mexico In Depth in a telephone interview from her home in North Carolina, adding that she believes her impassioned support for Trump factored into Martinez' decision.
Read more: https://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2018/05/23/begging-your-pardon/