Inside, her adoptive mother, Antonia Peña, lay on the floor, facing the living room couch. Her father, Carlos Peña, was a few feet away. Kathy Hochul to grant him clemency for the 1999 double murder Antonia and Carlos Peña in The Bronx. Colon’s clemency application argues that his troubled childhood wasn’t the only factor overlooked during his prosecution and sentencing. “I believe that the sentence of 30 years to life imposed on a 17-year-old was excessive,” Mogulescu wrote in a letter supporting Colon’s clemency application.