Rosa Young-Bey Williams said she had been praying for what happened Friday, the day Gov. Pat Quinn made her one of 50 people getting pardons for past crimes.
Acting Friday on cases filed between 2003 and 2009, Quinn is whittling down a mountain of clemency petitions that he inherited from ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich, who took office in 2003, let the backlog of requests grow to more than 2,500.
Overall, Quinn has acted on 1,356 clemency petitions since taking office and denied 839 requests, including 111 on Friday, his office said. He has granted clemency 517 times, including 506 pardons. He has also authorized 10 people already pardoned to seek expungement of their convictions and granted one commutation among cases before the Prisoner Review Board.
Separately, Quinn commuted the death sentences of 15 men to life in prison when he abolished the death penalty earlier this year.
AND BOB DYLAN SINGS.....
CALLING OUT, CALLING IN YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING LIKE THE MIGHTY QUINN
CALLING OUT, CALLING IN YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING LIKE THE MIGHTY QUINN
When Quinn the Governor comes around everybody is gonna run from him...
CALLING OUT, CALLING IN YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING LIKE THE MIGHTY QUINN
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