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| 3 Illinois prisoners released after commutations |
| By beaumontenterprise.com- Jim Suhr |
| Published: 01/15/2015 |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two inmates serving decades-long prison sentences for separate killings and a man who wounded several Chicago police officers during a shootout were freed from Illinois lockups on Wednesday, two days after getting commutations from Pat Quinn in his final moments as governor. Decried by a Chicago-area prosecutor as a "secretive maneuver" that slighted victims, Quinn's actions Monday vacated the prison terms of Tyrone Hood, who was convicted in connection with a 1993 shooting death, and Anthony Dansberry, who had been found guilty of killing an elderly woman in 1991. Also freed was Howard Morgan, a former Chicago police officer and railroad cop who had been sentenced to 40 years for an attempted murder conviction linked to the 2005 shootout. Morgan had claimed he was the victim of overzealous police during a traffic stop, though police insisted he fired first. Read More. |
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