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PRB Member Resigns After Parolee Kills Boy Upon Release

Tragic parolee incident in Illinois sparks controversy and calls for accountability in the criminal justice system.

Top News · Mar 28, 2024

Uluru motel mass murderer Douglas Crabbe to take part in WA prison re-socialisation program

Douglas Crabbe, who killed five people when he drove his semi-trailer into a motel near Uluru in 1983, is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for murder in Perth's Acacia Prison.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

Pardon requests for exonerated people don’t belong on back burner

We hope Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t get so distracted by other requests, not based on wrongful convictions, that innocence-based pardons remain overlooked.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2023

Two Pritzker appointees to Illinois Prisoner Review Board out — amid criticism over votes to parole killers of police officers

Both Eleanor Wilson, whose appointment was voted down by the state Senate, and Oreal James, who resigned, drew sharp criticism for their votes last year to grant parole to Joseph Hurst and Johnny Veal, two men accused of killing police officers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 29, 2022

Questions remain as resentencing initiative championed by Kim Foxx is slow out of the gate in Cook County

Cook County prosecutors’ new effort to reduce sentences for some longtime inmates — hailed by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and other reform advocates as a way to right the wrongs of the tough-on-crime era — will have an uphill climb before some judges, if its first week in court is…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 25, 2022