The Governor is plowing through clemency requests that he inherited from past administrations. 

 

Bruce Rauner has now eliminated more than 2,000 requests but he’s less lenient than Pat Quinn was. Rauner’s review of 2,300 applications since 2015 have resulted in a pardon about 3 percent of the time and he’s granted three commutations. 

 

Previously Governor Pat Quinn acted on more than 4,000 cases and Quinn granted pardons more than 25 percent of the time. 

 

A pardon will can be sought after a person has finished serving a sentence and with a granted pardon the offender can go to court to have a conviction removed from a criminal record. 

 

A commutation will reduce or eliminate a current prison sentence.