Rep. Edward J. Acevedo

Filed: 3/6/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3233

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3233 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-3-13 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-3-13)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-13)
7    Sec. 3-3-13. Procedure for Executive Clemency.
8    (a) Petitions seeking pardon, commutation, or reprieve
9shall be addressed to the Governor and filed with the Prisoner
10Review Board. The petition shall be in writing and signed by
11the person under conviction or by a person on his behalf. It
12shall contain a brief history of the case, the reasons for
13seeking executive clemency, and other relevant information the
14Board may require.
15    (a-5) After a petition has been denied by the Governor, the
16Board may not accept a repeat petition for executive clemency

 

 

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1for the same person until 4 years have one full year has
2elapsed from the date of the denial. The Chairman of the Board
3may waive the 4-year one-year requirement if the petitioner
4offers in writing new information that was unavailable to the
5petitioner at the time of the filing of the prior petition and
6which the Chairman determines to be significant. The Chairman
7also may waive the 4-year one-year waiting period if the
8petitioner can show that a change in circumstances of a
9compelling humanitarian nature has arisen since the denial of
10the prior petition.
11    (b) Notice of the proposed application shall be given by
12the Board to the committing court and the state's attorney of
13the county where the conviction was had.
14    (c) The Board shall, if requested and upon due notice, give
15a hearing to each application, allowing representation by
16counsel, if desired, after which it shall confidentially advise
17the Governor by a written report of its recommendations which
18shall be determined by majority vote. The Board shall meet to
19consider such petitions no less than 4 times each year.
20    Application for executive clemency under this Section may
21not be commenced on behalf of a person who has been sentenced
22to death without the written consent of the defendant, unless
23the defendant, because of a mental or physical condition, is
24incapable of asserting his or her own claim.
25    (d) The Governor shall decide each application and
26communicate his decision to the Board which shall notify the

 

 

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1petitioner.
2    In the event a petitioner who has been convicted of a Class
3X felony is granted a release, after the Governor has
4communicated such decision to the Board, the Board shall give
5written notice to the Sheriff of the county from which the
6offender was sentenced if such sheriff has requested that such
7notice be given on a continuing basis. In cases where arrest of
8the offender or the commission of the offense took place in any
9municipality with a population of more than 10,000 persons, the
10Board shall also give written notice to the proper law
11enforcement agency for said municipality which has requested
12notice on a continuing basis.
13    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the
14power of the Governor under the constitution to grant a
15reprieve, commutation of sentence, or pardon.
16(Source: P.A. 89-112, eff. 7-7-95; 89-684, eff. 6-1-97.)".