Illinois Prisoner Review Board

Updated from last year’s bill, it aims to increase transparency of prisoner releases

Charles Collins was sentenced to life in 2010 for cocaine offenses.

In the waning two weeks of the General Assembly’s spring legislative session, Illinois Senate Republicans accused Gov. JB Pritzker of intentionally “hiding” his appointees to the state’s Prisoner Review Board from a formal confirmation by the Senate.

Before leaving office, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner granted a pardon to a man wrongly convicted of attempted murder. What makes this clemency unique is…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has issued his first two pardons since becoming governor nearly three months ago. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports over the…