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The National Law Journal reports, "Ill. law school poised to help wrongly convicted on a shorter path to pardon, compensation."  The web only item is written by Karen Sloan.Marlon Pendleton was released from an Illinois prison in 2006 after DNA evidence exonerated him in the sexual assault for which he was convicted in 1993. But nearly two years out of prison, Pendleton hasn't been pardoned for the crime, nor can he gain access to the state?s compensation system for those who have been wrongly convicted. Like others who have been exonerated, Pendleton is caught in a lengthy backlog of pardon petitions awaiting the consideration of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. However, new state legislation intended to speed the process of getting certificates of innocence and compensation to those who have been wrongly imprisoned went into effect last month, and Pendleton may be one of the first to benefit from the change...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).