Last updated: June 2008

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Speaker: Beth Johnson, Staff Attorney, Expungement, Sealing & Clemency, Cabrini Green Legal Aid

This video will help you understand the process of petitioning for executive clemency, the process one must undertake to receive a Governor’s pardon.  Whenever a person has been convicted of any criminal offense, they are unable to expunge any of their criminal record.  Sealing may be a possibility for minor, non-violent misdemeanor convictions and very few felony convictions.  To find out if you are eligible for a sealing of your criminal conviction, please consult Illinois Legal Aid Online for information regarding the sealing process.  For a person that cannot seal their criminal conviction, the only way that record can be cleared is by receiving a Governor’s pardon.

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Writing a Petition for Executive Clemency

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Petitioning for Executive Clemency
Illinois Prisoners Review Board
Petition for Executive Clemency

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