Legislation introduced in the Illinois General Assembly could provide those sentenced to natural life for crimes committed before they were 21 a chance to seek release.
for most crimes committed when they were under 21 to go up for parole review after serving 10 years. Those convicted of first-degree murder or aggravated criminal sexual assault and not given life sentences would be entitled to parole review after 20 years.
“Society in general, and victims specifically, have a very substantial interest in the integrity and finality of sentencing,” Bishop-Jenkins said during the March hearing. “So, this proposed legislation on its face is unfair to victims in its retroactivity because it changes the game without even letting them know that you’re doing that.”
Illinois provides other pathways for people in prison to seek early release, among them the governor’s clemency process and post-conviction innocence claims. Terminally ill people who are locked up may also be released early.
Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, 25th, speaks with the reporters after an executive committee meeting in 2016. He’s made claims of innocence, pointing to a witness who recanted her testimony against him years after telling authorities that House participated in the killings. House, who declined to discuss his case at the request of his attorneys, also has accused former Chicago police Detective Kriston Kato of allowing Lloyd to threaten him while he was in custody for the killings.from defendants that he beat or intimidated them during police questioning.
Michael Purham’s mother, Stephanie Gwin-Harris, said in an interview with the Tribune in May that House should remain in prison unless he’s proved innocent. But later in the same interview, she acknowledged uncertainty over what purpose was served by keeping him in prison for the rest of his life.
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