Quinn Works on "Logjam" of Pardons

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Apr 11, 2009 6:15PM

Gov. Quinn finally dug into a long list of pardon requests that date as far back as 2003, just after Governor Blagojevich took office. There are nearly 2,500 requests awaiting decision, and Quinn began by granting pardons to 11 of 31 requests dated January 2003. Said Quinn, "My administration is fully committed to erasing this shameful logjam of cases in a methodical manner and with all deliberate speed." According to the Tribune, the pardons were issued to Victor Cervantes, Dion Taylor, Jocelyn Stafford, Dann Bailey, Ronald Brown, Michael Cramer, Jeffrey Gordy, Valerie Hampton, Alan Huff, Charles Roach and Una Moore. [Tribune]