Chicago’s decriminalization of marijuana proposal will still affect your criminal record
Earlier this week, Alderman Danny Solis (25th) with co-sponsor Alderman Joe Moreno (1st) introduced local legislation to Chicago’s City Council that makes possession of small amounts of marijuana an ordinance violation. The idea is that any person caught by the Chicago Police with less than 10 grams of marijuana will not be arrested for misdemeanor possession; instead the person will simply be ticketed with a [...]
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“Yeah, but that wasn’t a conviction.”
Posted by Bryant Chavez: Yesterday was the day for the Chicago hearings for the pardon petitions filed in July. The hearings are held before the Prisoner Review Board, who then make a confidential recommendation to Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn as to whether he should grant the petition or not. At the hearings, the board will ask all sorts of questions delving into the life of [...]
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September 2, 2011: Illinois Governor Quinn grants 74 more clemencies/pardons
Governor Quinn (D-IL) has established a pattern of granting pardons around the holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter…and now, Labor Day. On Friday, September 2, 2011, just as we started the long weekend in celebration of Labor Day, Governor Quinn granted 74 pardons. (He also denied 99 requests.) According to leading pardon authority Professor P. S. Ruckman, Jr. of www.pardonpower.com, “Quinn has acted on a total of 1,529 [...]
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Former Island Lake Mayor Charles Amrich “not guilty” in Lake County
Island Lake’s former mayor, Charles Amrich, was found not guilty by a Lake County (Illinois) jury after fighting for his innocence for nearly four years. He was arrested in June 2007 and charged with felony official misconduct. According to the Daily Herald, “Amrich was accused of violating state law that prohibits elected officials from doing personal business with the governments he represents. Investigators said Amrich [...]
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Juvenile student arrested for Facebook silliness will have criminal record for life unless…
Bullying has reached new heights with the invention of social media. Online networking sites, like Myspace and Facebook, give mean people a place to voice their anger, threats, and criminal intentions. But a line must to be drawn: WHAT behavior is actually criminal? Not all behavior, although it may be offensive or hurtful, is criminal. A 17-year old teenager, who attended both River Forest & [...]
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