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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued his first act of clemency, commuting the sentence of Marcus Taylor.

Taylor was serving a 15-year sentence for a crime that carried a five-year maximum penalty.

The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled Taylor's sentence was unlawful, as he had already served more than double the legal maximum.

Reeves stated the action was about "justice, not mercy," correcting what he called a "mischarge of justice."

A man serving a 15-year sentence for a crime that carried a five-year maximum finally caught the attention of Mississippi’s highest offices. On Wednesday, Gov. Tate Reeves issued his first act of clemency since taking office.

Reeves signed Executive Order 1590 commuting the sentence of Marcus Taylor, who has spent more than a decade

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