Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today issued the following statement regarding the appeal filed in the Clemency case:
“For the federal judge to interfere at this stage and say that this process, which has been in place since 1968, is now unconstitutional is extreme. We are always looking for ways to improve it, but, as a member of the Clemency Board, my top priority is to make sure the victims have a chance to be heard.”
