Amreya Shefa (Hennepin County Sheriff)MINNEAPOLIS (CN) – An Ethiopian woman who killed her abusive husband is seeking to change Minnesota’s pardon system, but may have an uphill battle ahead of her. Shefa sought a pardon in June 2019, appearing via phone from jail before the Minnesota Board of Pardons. One of his own earliest pardon board cases, he said, involved a similarly situated domestic-violence survivor. That woman eventually got a pardon after both those members left their positions– a luxury Shefa likely won’t have. Another former pardon board member, Hatch said, refused to grant any pardons after he and his fellow board members were the subjects of media outcry over a pardon given to a political ally.

Source: Ethiopian News May 10, 2020 23:26 UTC