Arizona Board of Executive Clemency

This document presents the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency's Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report, which includes highlights from its strategic plan. The strategic plan aims to protect public safety and contribute to a fair and effective justice system by making timely decisions consistent with public safety, victim concerns, inmate rights, and wise use of state resources. Key strategic goals include reducing the backlog of commutation cases, improving the scheduling of revocation hearings to meet specific timelines, ensuring ongoing training for board members, and implementing a victim satisfaction survey process to comply with grant obligations.

This document highlights key strategic initiatives for the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency for Fiscal Year 2025. The strategic plan aims to enhance operational efficiency through the implementation of a paperless electronic document management system, ensure continuous professional development for Board members, and maintain the elimination of clemency case backlogs for commutation and pardon requests. These efforts align with the Board's mission to protect public safety and contribute to a fair justice system.