Illinois Governor Under Scrutiny for Releasing Convicted Murderers

Illinois Governor Under Scrutiny for Releasing Convicted Murderers
A file photo of J.B. Pritzer in Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 1, 2018. Joshua Lott/Getty Images
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CHICAGO—Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has commuted the sentences of seven convicted murderers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to documents sent to The Epoch Times by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.

Six of them are now out on parole, some of them having served less than half of their sentences.

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