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Governor Grants Clemency

By Angela Hatton / Associated Press

Springfield, IL – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he's working through a big backlog in requests for clemency. He acted on 85 petitions yesterday that date back to the January 2004 docket, granting 34 and denying 51. Quinn has taken action on 895 clemency petitions since taking office last year.