SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting the sentence of a 45-year-old man convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to commit murder in Santa Clara County, according to the governor’s office.

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The commutation, one of 10 granted by the governor Friday, allows Cuong Tran to make his case for parole earlier than expected.

“This act of clemency for Mr. Tran does not minimize or forgive his conduct or the harm it caused,” Newsom wrote in the commutation. “It does recognize the work he has done since to transform himself.”

In 2011, Tran, then 31, tried to hire a hit man at his younger brother’s request, but the assassin was actually an undercover San Jose police officer, according to court documents.

Tran was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 25 years to

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