Mich. Gov. Granholm Releases 38 Murderers From Prison

The Detroit Free Pressreports:

Gov. Jennifer Granholm has freed 100 prisoners in the last two years -- including 55 last year -- and is on pace to commute more sentences than her three predecessors combined.

In all, she has granted 124 commutations -- all but seven coming after she ran for re-election in 2006.

Most of Granholm's early commutations were for medical reasons; none went to killers. But in the last two years, the former federal prosecutor and attorney general has freed dozens convicted of violent crimes -- including at least 38 in prison for murder.

That has prompted some victims' families to wonder about promises made long ago that the people who killed their loved ones would die in prison.

Great moments in Blue America.