Bill Text: IL HJR0021 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requests that the Governor quickly and without further delay review the recommendations of the Prisoner Review Board as to petitions for Executive Clemency in each case, and grant or deny each petition consistently with his review of each recommendation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-04-30 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich [HJR0021 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HJR0021-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, According to news media reports there are over
2,000 petitions for Executive Clemency waiting for the
Governor's action; and
WHEREAS, The Prisoner Review Board has held hearings and
made recommendations to the Governor regarding each of these
petitions; and
WHEREAS, Some of these recommendations have been waiting
for Gubernatorial action for 6 years; and
WHEREAS, Illinois is facing a budget crisis in part due to
the number of people incarcerated in Illinois prisons; and
WHEREAS, Accepting the recommendations of the Prisoner
Review Board will inevitably reduce the prison population by
some number and reduce costs; and
WHEREAS, Some of the petitioners have served their
sentences or been exonerated, but cannot find jobs because of
the lack of action on their petitions; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE

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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the General Assembly requests
that the Governor quickly and without further delay review the
recommendations of the Prisoner Review Board as to petitions
for Executive Clemency in each case, and grant or deny each
petition consistently with his review of each recommendation;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Governor of the State of Illinois.