Crime & Safety
Will County Man Granted Clemency from Gov. Quinn
Illinois' governor is working his way through a backlog of clemency petitions.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Good Friday granted clemency to 87 petitioners.
According to the governor’s website, the petitions granted are part of a backlog of some 2,500 cases up for review. Quinn also denied clemency for 135 petitioners last week.
In Will County, Quinn granted clemency for Steven Garrett, who was charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm in 1993.
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“A granted clemency request for a pardon with expungement allows the petitioner to seek expungement of their conviction through the court system,” the governor’s website states.
Since taking office, Quinn has granted 929 clemency petitions and denied 1,530.
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Perhaps the most notable of this recent round of clemency petitions was that for an abused wife accused of killing her husband in 1986. Peggy Jo Jackson had spent 26 years in prison for killing William Jackson, according to the Chicago Tribune.
She was released from Logan Correction Facility on Friday, the Tribune reported.
Read the Tribune's full report on Peggy Jo Jackson here.
For a full list of those granted clemency on Friday, download the .pdf document attached to this article.
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