Does the Governor have power to grant relief if relief is justified?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hyman v. Brown, 927 F.3d 639 (2nd Cir. 2019):
I commend this case to the attention of the Governor, who alone has power to grant relief if relief is justified. See, e.g., Fox v. Johnson, 832 F.3d 978, 990 (9th Cir. 2016) (Hurwitz, J., concurring). In making
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