I recently received this email from a potential client: I noticed that there were two Class 4 felonies on my record. What exactly is a Class 4 felony? I wasn’t even aware that they were on my record because I thought they were reduced to misdemeanors but I guess I was wrong since they showed up. Is this something that can only be accessed my [...]
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn likes to grant clemency petitions (aka pardons) during the holidays. Sticking with his holiday tradition, on Good Friday, Governor Quinn granted 87 pardons to those convicted of crimes in the State of Illinois. (He also denied 135 petitions.) Pardon received for Tamara Holder’s client Governor Blagojevich left Governor Quinn with a huge backlog when he was impeached in January of 2009. [...]
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Follow Tamara on Twitter: @tamaraholder I just received this email from a client who retained us in late-2011 to a seal a record in Cook County’s 6th District, located in Markham, Illinois. We filed the petition to seal in January of 2012. The order was entered soon after, in March of 2012. The “order” is simply a piece of paper signed by the judge that [...]
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From the time I graduated from law school, I founded xpunged.com & have focused my practice on pardons (and criminal defense) – creating a case for the governor to show that my client – once a criminal – is now a law-abiding, contributing member of society. I have written over 100 petitions. Through my help, my clients have received pardons and been released from prison. [...]
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As an attorney whose focus is clemency, I was happy to hear Illinois Governor Pat Quinn granted 52 pardon petitions on Good Friday. Gov. Quinn is known for granting clemency (commonly known as a pardon) around the holidays. If you look at his pattern, he generally grants pardons around the most-celebrated holidays, especially Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Unfortunately, the Chicago Tribune is too lazy to [...]
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