Quinn Issues Pardons

Gov. Quinn celebrated Good Friday by issuing 147 pardons and allowing two people who had already been pardoned to seek expungement. None of the pardon recipients were in prison and most of the original sentences were probation. But the governor also denied 258 request for a pardon.

It's all part of Quinn's ongoing work through a backlog of requests (almost 2,500) that piled up during Rod Blagojevich's tenure. In his roughly 14 months in office, Gov. Quinn has granted 321 pardons, denied 440, and allowed eight to seek expungement.