Some 810 people have applied for commutation since Gov. Tony Evers announced he was restarting the process last April.

That includes 60 people who received life sentences as juveniles, according to records received by WisPolitics from the governor’s office Tuesday. 

Twelve of those 810 applicants will have their cases heard by Evers’ Commutation Advisory Board on Friday. That includes five who received life sentences as juveniles.

That board can recommend that the governor shorten those sentences, including a release from prison. 

According to a WisPolitics review of the documents, the median age of the applicants is 45. The oldest applicant, 83-year-old James Daulton, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in Iron County in 2003 and received a life sentence. 

The youngest applicant, Jyzhon Gipson, is 19. In 2025, he pleaded guilty in Milwaukee County to driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent, reckless endangerment and felony possession of a firearm. He is scheduled to be released in May 2027.

Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, received the documents separately and today published the list of applicants. He also knocked the Evers administration’s handling of the commutations process.

“The public has a right to know which dangerous criminals Evers is considering releasing. And it’s clear it’s some of the worst-of-the-worst,” said Wanggaard, chair of the Assembly Judiciary and Public Safety committee and a former traffic investigator. 

He also attacked Evers for “using hand-picked, unelected bureaucrats to second guess the people actually involved in the case.” 

In an email, Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback said Wanggaard “and his right-wing friends continue to spread inaccurate information about this process.”

She noted that not all commutation applicants will have their applications considered by the board, nor will all applicants be recommended to the governor for commutation or approved for a shortened sentence or immediate release.