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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS,  According to news media reports there are over 
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2,000 petitions for Executive Clemency waiting for the 
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Governor's action; and



 
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    WHEREAS, The Prisoner Review Board has held hearings and 
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made recommendations to the Governor regarding each of these 
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petitions; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Some of these recommendations have been waiting 
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for Gubernatorial action for 6 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Illinois is facing a budget crisis in part due to 
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the number of people incarcerated in Illinois prisons; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Accepting the recommendations of the Prisoner 
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Review Board will inevitably reduce the prison population by 
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some number and reduce costs; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Some of the petitioners have served their 
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sentences or been exonerated, but cannot find jobs because of 
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the lack of action on their petitions; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
 


 






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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the General Assembly  requests 
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that the Governor quickly and without further delay review the 
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recommendations of the Prisoner Review Board as to petitions 
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for Executive Clemency in each case, and grant or deny each 
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petition consistently with his review of each recommendation; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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forwarded to the Governor of the State of Illinois.