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Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles grants dozens of hearings and pardons, denies a small number of applications
Summary
At its March 9, 2026 meeting the Board of Pardons and Paroles granted multiple full and absolute pardons during an expedited docket, authorized numerous full pardon hearings in prescreen, and denied a handful of applications after members raised public-safety concerns and incomplete applications.
The Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles met March 9 and approved a large number of pardons and requests for full hearings, while denying several applications that members said posed current public-safety risks.
Chair Mike Pohl opened the virtual session and ran through procedures, noting that an absolute pardon, if granted, can take up to 10 weeks to be removed from public records and that a pardon is not a finding of innocence. The board moved quickly through an expedited docket, voting to grant full and absolute pardons for cases including James Bartos, Ryan Daniel King, Paul Herman Moreau, Kevin Jude Thaddeus Moore, Morton Walters III, Robert Lee Johnson Jr., and Patrick Natsen. "I do not have a problem with this pardon," Chair Mike Pohl said when introducing the first case.
The board's prescreen review then considered a longer list of applications and repeatedly chose between three options: deny,…
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