Governor Quinn creating tradition: granting pardons during holiday season – 85 granted on Good Friday, 2011
Last April (2010), Governor Quinn granted 147 pardons to people with convictions on their records who either proved innocence or rehabilitation. This year (2011), on Good Friday, Governor Quinn granted 85 more pardons. He’s also granted pardons around Thanksgiving and Christmas too. Finally, we have a Governor who takes the pardon power seriously and believes in giving people another chance, if they have proved they [...]
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No Such Thing as an “Automatic Expungement”
By: Kelly Cass In September, Jared Loughner (the man accused of a shooting massacre in Tucson that left six dead), decided to expunge (the legal term for remove or erase) a drug paraphernalia charge from his criminal record in Arizona. Loughner was arrested in 2007 for possession of drug paraphernalia. The judge sentenced him to a diversion program, which he successfully completed. The New York [...]
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The final touches on a pardon petition
We are almost finished with our pardon petitions for the January 2011 deadline! If you aren’t sure what a pardon actually looks like, here is a picture. This is just one client’s petition. We have 8 copies that are ready to be bound at the printer, then they’ll be shipped to the Illiniois Prisoner Review Board in Springfield. The judge and prosecutor also get a copy. [...]
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